Liotella crassicostata

Liotella crassicostata
	Original drawing with three views of a shell of Liotella crassicostata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Skeneidae
Genus:	Liotella
Species:	L. crassicostata
Binomial name
	Liotella crassicostata; (Strebel, 1908)
Synonyms
	Brookula crassicostata (Strebel, 1908); Cyclostrema crassicostatum Strebel, 1908 (original description);

Liotella crassicostata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae,.^[1]

Description[]

The height of the shell attains 0.8 mm, its diameter 0.8 mm. The yellowish white shell has a helicoidal shape. Its umbilicus is narrow. The shell contains 2½ whorls, slightly flattened at the periphery and then rounded. The sculpture consists, besides the lines of growth, of strong ribs (their number is shown about correctly in the image). The aperture is almost round. The columella is thickened.^[2]

References[]

^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Liotella crassicostata (Strebel, 1908). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532971 on 2012-09-01
^ Strebel, H. 1908. Die Gastropoden (mit Ausnahme de nackten Opisthobranchier). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 6(1): 111 pp., 6 pls (described as Cyclostrema crassicostatum )

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[WoRMS-1] Rosenberg, G. (2012). Liotella crassicostata (Strebel, 1908). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532971 on 2012-09-01

[2] Strebel, H. 1908. Die Gastropoden (mit Ausnahme de nackten Opisthobranchier). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 6(1): 111 pp., 6 pls (described as Cyclostrema crassicostatum )

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