Liotia atomus

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Liotia atomus
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Drawing with two views of a shell of Liotia atomus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Liotiidae
Genus: Liotia
Species:
L. atomus
Binomial name
Liotia atomus
Issel, 1869 [1]
Synonyms

Cyclostrema atomus(Issel, 1869)

Liotia atomus is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Liotiidae. [2]

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Description

The diameter of the shell is 1.5 mm. The somewhat solid shell is narrowly umbilicated. It is greenish and a little shining. It is obliquely longitudinally striate. The 4½ slightly convex whorls enlarge rapidly. The body whorl is subangulated at the base. The umbilical area is longitudinally crispate. The continuous peristome is thickened. [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Suez, Red Sea.

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References

  1. Issel. Mal. Mar. Ross., p. 217, t. 2, f. 11,
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2013). Liotia atomus Issel, 1869. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737882 on 2013-08-29
  3. G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Cyclostrema atomus)