Austroliotia scalaris

Austroliotia scalaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Liotiidae
Genus:	Austroliotia
Species:	A. scalaris
Binomial name
Austroliotia scalaris (Hedley, 1903)
Synonyms
Austroliotia saxa(Laseron, 1954) Liotia tasmanica scalarisHedley, C. 1903

Austroliotia scalaris, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae. ^[1] Liotiids are commonly known as wheel shells.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 5 mm and 8 mm and the height of the shell is equal to its width. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia. It occurs off Queensland and New South Wales, from Fraser Island in Queensland, to Brush Island in southern New South Wales. ^[2]

Footnotes

1. Austroliotia scalaris (Hedley, 1903) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 August 2013.
2. Beechey, Des (1 January 2012). "Austroliotia scalaris". The Seashells of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 February 2014.

References

• Hedley, C. 1903. Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. "Thetis" off the coast of New South Wales in February and March, 1898, pt. 6. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 4(1): 326–402 [336] (as Liotia tasmanica var. scalaris)
• Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109
• Jenkins, B.W. 1984. Southern Australian Liotiidae. Australian Shell News 47: 3–5
• Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp

External links

• "Austroliotia scalaris". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
• Australian Faunal Directory: Austroliotia scalaris
• Austroliotia scalaris : images from the Atlas of Living Australia