Liroceratia

Liroceratia
Liroceratia sulcata(Boettger, 1893)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Iravadiidae
Genus:	Liroceratia Ponder, 1984 [1]
Type species
Cingula sulcataO. Boettger, 1893

Liroceratia is a genus of very small, somewhat amphibious land snails that have a gill and an operculum, semi-terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusk in the family Iravadiidae. ^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Liroceratia include:

• Liroceratia sulcata (Boettger, 1893)
• Liroceratia truncata (Garrett, 1873) (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, name preoccupied by Rissoa truncata Menke, 1828)

References

1. Ponder W. (1984). Malacologia 25(1): 58.
2. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Liroceratia Ponder, 1984. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=535776 on 2012-08-14

• Ponder W. F. (1984) A review of the genera of the Iravadiidae (Gastropoda: Rissoacea) with an assessment of the relationships of the family. Malacologia 25(1): 21-71. page(s): 51-52