''Litiopa'' is a
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of
sea snail
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s,
marine
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the
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Litiopidae
Litiopidae, common name litiopids, is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha.
According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Litiopidae has no subfamilies.
Genera ...
.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Litiopa'':
* †''
Litiopa acuminata''
(Baudon, 1853)
* †''
Litiopa alnensis''
Cossmann, 1907
* †''
Litiopa insolita
''Litiopa'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Litiopidae.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Litiopa'':
* †'' Litiopa acuminata'' (Baudon, 1853)
* †'' Litiopa alnensis'' Cossmann, 19 ...
''
(Deshayes, 1865)
* ''
Litiopa limnophysa''
Melvill & Standen, 1896
* ''
Litiopa melanostoma
''Litiopa melanostoma'', common name the brown Sargassum shell, is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Litiopidae.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Se ...
''
(Rang, 1829)
* ''
Litiopa nipponica''
Kuroda & Kawamoto, 1956
* †''
Litiopa punctulifera''
Tate, 1894
* †''
Litiopa texana''
Garvie, 1996
* ''
Litiopa tumescens''
(Thiele, 1925)
* †''
Litiopa turriculata''
(Cossmann, 1896)
;Former species:
* ''Litiopa bucciniformis''
Hornung & Mermod, 1926 - synonymized with ''
Bittium proteum''
(Jousseaume, 1931)
* ''Litiopa effusa''
C. B. Adams, 1850 - synonymized with ''
Monoplex pilearis
''Monoplex'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Cymatiidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Monoplex'' include:
* ''Monoplex amictus'' (Reeve, 1844)
* ''Monoplex aqua ...
''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Litiopa obesa''
C. B. Adams, 1850 - synonymized with ''
Gutturnium muricinum''
(Röding, 1798)
* ''Litiopa saxicola''
C. B. Adams, 1852 - synonymized with ''
Elachisina saxicola''
(C. B. Adams, 1852)
References
* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification.'' Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
* Bouchet P. (2002) ''Gone with the wind: a pelagic marine snail described as an endemic land snail from the Bahamas.'' The Nautilus 116(1):32-35.
* Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). ''All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia''. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
Litiopidae
Monotypic gastropod genera
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