Liotella annulata

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Liotella annulata
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Drawing with two views of a shell of Liotella annulata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Liotella
Species:
L. annulata
Binomial name
Liotella annulata
(Tenison-Woods, 1874)
Synonyms

Liotia annulataTenison-Woods, J.E. 1879

Liotella annulata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae. [1]

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Description

The diameter of the shell is 1.5 mm. The opaque white shell has a planorbiform shape. It is flattened above, rounded below, with somewhat distant longitudinal lamellae, above and below. Otherwise it is smooth. The umbilicus is wide. One of the ring-like lamellae forms the peristome. [2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia and Tasmania.

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References

  1. Marshall, B. (2013). Liotella annulata (Tenison Woods, 1874). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=720329 on 2013-10-25
  2. G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Liotia annulata)