Austroliotia australis, commonly known as the southern liotia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.[1]
| Austroliotia australis | |
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| Shell of Austroliotia australis (lectotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Liotiidae |
| Genus: | Austroliotia |
| Species: | A. australis
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| Binomial name | |
| Austroliotia australis (Kiener, 1839)
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Liotina australis Kiener, 1839 | |
Description
editThe shell reaches a height of 18 mm. It is white to light brown and features a pronounced umbilicus. The rounded whorls are marked by spiral riblets and longitudinal striae. A beaded riblet extends into the umbilicus. The peristome is varicose, with the inner margin extending below and above.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the subtidal zone off Australia (New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia) and Tasmania.
References
edit- ^ Austroliotia australis (Kiener, 1839). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 August 2013.
- ^ 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
edit- 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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