Austroliotia pulcherrima

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Austroliotia pulcherrima
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Liotiidae
Genus: Austroliotia
Species:
A. pulcherrima
Binomial name
Austroliotia pulcherrima
(Reeve, 1843)
Synonyms

Liotia pulcherrimaA. Adams, 1850 superseded combination

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Austroliotia pulcherrima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae. [1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 7 mm.

(Original description) The shell is subdiscoid, with a slightly elevated spire. Its whorls are rounded and very elegantly cancellated with transverse and longitudinal raised ridges; the transverse ridges are muricated. The outer lip is expanded, with a double peristome, each being radiately fimbriated. The umbilicus is very large, and its margins are crenulated. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia.

References

  1. Austroliotia pulcherrima (Reeve, 1843 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 August 2013.
  2. Adams, A. (1850). "On the animal of Liotia; with descriptions of new species of Delphinula and Liotia, from the Cumingian collection". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1850: 50. Retrieved 29 May 2025.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .