Liotipoma solaris

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Liotipoma solaris
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Colloniidae
Subfamily: Liotipomatinae
Genus: Liotipoma
Species:
L. solaris
Binomial name
Liotipoma solaris
McLean, 2012 [1]

Liotipoma solaris is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Colloniidae. [2]

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Description

The shell grows to a height of 4 mm and 1mm in diameter. It is known from male shells with a fully formed tongue. It has minimal whorl expansion and a very short, triangular tongue with a pointed tip.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Fiji Islands and Papua New Guinea, in the Indo-Pacific coral reefs. [3]

References

  1. ↑ McLean J.H. (2012) New species and genera of colloniids from Indo-Pacific coral reefs, with the definition of a new subfamily Liotipomatinae n. subfam. (Turbinoidea, Colloniidae). Zoosystema 34(2): 343-376. (29 June 2012). World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  2. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2012). Liotipoma solaris McLean, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=605467 on 2013-02-10
  3. ↑ "New species and genera of colloniids from Indo-Pacific coral reefs, with the definition of a new subfamily Liotipomatinae n. subfam. (Turbinoidea, Colloniidae) - Ocean Biodiversity Information System". obis.org. Retrieved 2025-10-05.


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