''Rotaliotina springsteeni'' is a

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of small sea snail, a

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gastropod

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, in the

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Liotiidae Liotiidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).Gofas, S. (2013). Liotiidae Gray, 1850. Accessed through: World Register ...

.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Rotaliotina springsteeni (McLean, 1988). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1633244 on 2023-01-30

Description

The diameter of the nearly planispiral shell varies between 8 mm and 10 mm. The shell contains 3½

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s with blunt double spines.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the

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and

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References

* Huang, Shih-I. (2023). Nomenclatural notes on fossil liotiid taxa and description of Cyclostrema filipino n. sp. from the Philippines (Mollusca: Gastropoda, Liotiidae). Bulletin of Malacology, Taiwan. 46: 24-46.

External links

McLean, J. H. (1988). Two new species of Liotiinae (Gastropoda: Turbinidae) from the Philippine Islands. Veliger. 30(4): 408-411

To World Register of Marine Species
* springsteeni Gastropods described in 1988 {{Liotiidae-stub