Liotia romalea

Liotia romalea
	Original drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Liotia romalea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Liotiidae
Genus:	Liotia
Species:	L. romalea
Binomial name
	Liotia romalea; Melvill & Standen, 1903

Last updated March 04, 2021

Liotia romalea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.^[1]^[2]

Description

The height of the shell reaches 5 mm and its diameter 5 mm. The small, solid shell has an ovate-round shape with 5 whorls. It is narrowly umbilicate. The two apical whorls are smooth, the antepenultimate has one keel, the penultimate two and the body whorl three keels. The shell contains longitudinally close, thick ribs. The interstices show longitudinal striae. The aperture is circular and white on the inside. The conspicuously thickened peristome is five-angled.^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf.

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References

↑ Bouchet, P. (2012). Liotia romalea Melvill & Standen, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=701871 on 2012-12-03
↑ Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
↑ Melvill c& Standen (1903), Descriptions of 68 new gastropoda from the Red Sea, the Gulf of Oman and the Northern Arabian Sea; The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7th ser. v. 12 (1903)

Melvill, J.C., 1906. A revision of the species of Cyclostrematidae and Liotiidae occurring in the Persian Gulf and North Arabian Sea. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 7:20-283, 20-28, plate 3.

External links

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[WoRMS-1] Bouchet, P. (2012). Liotia romalea Melvill & Standen, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=701871 on 2012-12-03

[2] Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.

[3] Melvill c& Standen (1903), Descriptions of 68 new gastropoda from the Red Sea, the Gulf of Oman and the Northern Arabian Sea; The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7th ser. v. 12 (1903)

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