Liotina semiclathratula

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Liotina semiclathratula
Liotina semiclathratula 001.jpg
Drawing with three views of a shell of Liotina semiclathratula
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Liotiidae
Genus: Liotina
Species:
L. semiclathratula
Binomial name
Liotina semiclathratula
Schrenck, 1862

Liotina semiclathratula is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Liotiidae.[1]

Description[]

The size of the shell varies between 5 mm and 15 mm. The whitish shell has a depressed turbinate shape. It is spirally costate, with the costae slightly tuberculate above. The suture is channeled. The outer lip is crenately varicose. The large umbilicus is bicarinate within and crenulately margined.[2]

Distribution[]

This marine species occurs off Japan, the Amur region and the Philippines.

References[]

Notes[]

  • Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp.

External links[]

  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Liotina semiclathratula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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