Liotina tantilla

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Liotina tantilla
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Liotiidae
Genus: Liotina
Species:
L. tantilla
Binomial name
Liotina tantilla
A. Adams, 1863 [1]
Synonyms

Liotina (Liotinaria) tantilla(A. Adams, 1863)

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

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Description

The small, thick, white shell has a discoid shape and is deeply umbilicate. It contains 3½ convex whorls with concentric, grooved furrows. The last whorls has a rounded shape at the periphery. The umbilicus is of a moderate size. The aperture is circular. [1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan.

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