Litiopa

Litiopa
Litiopa limnophysa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Litiopidae
Genus:	Litiopa Rang, 1829
Synonyms
AbaconiaClench, 1938 BombyxinusBélanger in Lesson, 1834 †BuccinopsisDeshayes, 1865 Leptinaria (Abaconia) Clench, 1938

Litiopa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Litiopidae. ^[1]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Litiopa: ^[1]

• † Litiopa acuminata (Baudon, 1853)
• † Litiopa alnensis Cossmann, 1907
• † Litiopa insolita (Deshayes, 1865)
• Litiopa limnophysa Melvill & Standen, 1896
• Litiopa melanostoma (Rang, 1829)
• Litiopa nipponica Kuroda & Kawamoto, 1956
• † Litiopa punctulifera Tate, 1894
• † Litiopa texana Garvie, 1996
• Litiopa tumescens (Thiele, 1925)
• † Litiopa turriculata (Cossmann, 1896)

Former species

• Litiopa bucciniformisHornung & Mermod, 1926 - synonymized with Bittium proteum (Jousseaume, 1931)
• Litiopa effusaC. B. Adams, 1850 - synonymized with Monoplex pilearis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Litiopa obesaC. B. Adams, 1850 - synonymized with Gutturnium muricinum (Röding, 1798)
• Litiopa saxicolaC. B. Adams, 1852 - synonymized with Elachisina saxicola (C. B. Adams, 1852)

References

1. Litiopa Rang, 1829 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 Mar 2025.

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• Bouchet P. (2002) Gone with the wind: a pelagic marine snail described as an endemic land snail from the Bahamas. The Nautilus 116(1):32-35.
• Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp