Austroliotia

Austroliotia
Austroliotia botanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Liotiidae
Subfamily: Liotiinae
Genus: Austroliotia
Cotton, 1948
Type species
Liotia (Austroliotia) botanica, Hedley 1915
Synonyms

Liotina (Austroliotia), Ladd, 1966

Austroliotia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Liotiidae.[1]

Distribution

They can be found under stones in the intertidal zone of the temperate coastal waters of Australia and Tasmania.

Species

According to the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database, the genus Austroliotia consists of the following species with names in current use[2]

Species brought into sy,nonymy
  • Austroliotia saxa (Laseron, 1954): synonym of Austroliotia scalaris'' (Hedley, 1903)

References

  1. Marshall, B. (2013). Austroliotia Cotton, 1948. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719255 on 2013-08-22
  2. OBIS : Austroliotia
  • Wilson, B., 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods Pt I. Odyssey Publishing, Leederville, W.A


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