Liotina tantilla

Liotina tantilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:Trochoidea
Family:Liotiidae
Genus:Liotina
Species: L. tantilla
Binomial name
Liotina tantilla
Synonyms

Liotina (Liotinaria) tantilla (A. Adams, 1863)

Liotina tantilla is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Liotiidae.[2]

Description

The small, thick, white shell has a discoid shape and is deeply umbilicate. It contains 3½ convex whorls with concentric,grooved furrows. The last whorls has a rounde dshape at the periphery. The umbilicus is of a moderate size. The aperture is circular.[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan.

References

  1. 1 2 A. Adams (1863), On the Liotinae of Japan, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1863. p. 72
  2. ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2013). Liotina tantilla A. Adams, 1863. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737880 on 2013-08-29
  • Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp.


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