Austroliotia densilineata

Austroliotia densilineata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Liotiidae
Genus: Austroliotia
Species: A. densilineata
Binomial name
Austroliotia densilineata
(Tate, 1899)
Synonyms

Liotia densilineata Tate, R. 1899 (original combination)

Austroliotia densilineata, common name the close-lined austroliotia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.[1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 4.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Victoria, South Australia and West Australia; off Tasmania.

References

  • Tate, R. 1899. A revision of the Australian Cyclostrematidae and Liotiidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 23(2): 213-229
  • Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 p
  • Jenkins, B.W. 1984. Southern Australian Liotiidae. Australian Shell News 47: 3-5
  • Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.


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