Liotella johnstoni | |
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Shell of Liotella johnstoni (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Skeneidae |
Genus: | Liotella |
Species: | L. johnstoni |
Binomial name | |
Liotella johnstoni (Beddome, 1883) | |
Synonyms | |
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Liotella johnstoni is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae. [1]
The diameter of the shell attains 1.3 mm. The height to width ratio is 0.54 - 0.68. Protoconch is smooth and elevated. Teleoconch up to 2¼ rounded whorls with suture deep. The axial sculpture has low, moderately thick ribs, extending from suture into umbilicus, 20-30 on last whorl. Umbilicus is open and wide. Aperture is circular. Shell is colourless and transparent when fresh, becoming opaque overtime with age. [2]
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania at depths of 137 metres.