Austroliotia australis
| Austroliotia australis | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Austroliotia australis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Liotiidae |
| Genus: | Austroliotia |
| Species: | A. australis |
| Binomial name | |
| Austroliotia australis (Kiener, 1839) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Liotina australis Kiener, 1839 | |
Austroliotia australis, common name the southern liotia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.[1]
Description
The height of the shell attains 14 mm. The white shell is rather widely umbilicated. The rounded whorls contain spiral riblets and longitudinal striae. A beaded riblet winds into the umbilicus. The peristome is varicose. The inner margin is produced below and above.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the subtidal zone off Australia (New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia) and Tasmania.
References
- ↑ Austroliotia australis (Kiener, 1839). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 August 2013.
- ↑ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
- Cotton, B. C. (1959). South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Adelaide. : W.L. Hawes. 449 pp., 1 pl.
- Jenkins, B.W. (1984). Southern Australian Liotiidae. Australian Shell News. 47 : 3-5
- Wilson, B. (1993). Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing. Vol.1 1st Edn pp. 1–408.
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