Austroliotia australis

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Austroliotia australis
Austroliotia australis (MNHN-IM-2000-31034).jpeg
Shell of Austroliotia australis (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
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

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[]

  1. ^ Austroliotia australis (Kiener, 1839). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 August 2013.
  2. ^ 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
  • Grove, S. 2011. The Seashells of Tasmania: A Comprehensive Guide. Taroona, Australia: Taroona Publications. [vi], 81 page(s): 36

External links[]

  • Kiener, L.-C., 1838 Famille des Plicacée de Lamarck et des Trochoides de Cuvier. Genre Dauphinule (Delphinula, Lamarck), in Species general et Iconographie des coquilles vivantes, p. 1-12
  • "Austroliotia australis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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