Austroliotia
Appearance
Austroliotia | |
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Austroliotia botanica | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Liotiidae |
Genus: | Austroliotia Cotton, 1948 |
Type species | |
Liotia (Austroliotia) botanica, Hedley 1915 | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Liotina (Austroliotia), Ladd, 1966 |
Austroliotia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Liotiidae.[2]
Description
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Distribution
[edit]They can be found under stones in the intertidal zone of the temperate coastal waters of Australia and Tasmania.
Species
[edit]According to the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database, the genus Austroliotia consists of the following species with names in current use[3]
- Austroliotia australis (Kiener, 1839)
- Austroliotia botanica (Hedley, 1915)
- Austroliotia darwinensis (Laseron, 1958)
- Austroliotia densilineata (Tate, 1899)
- Austroliotia pulcherrima (Reeve, 1843)
- Austroliotia scalaris (Hedley, 1903)
- Austroliotia warnii †(Defrance, 1818)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Austroliotia saxa (Laseron, 1954): synonym of Austroliotia scalaris (Hedley, 1903)
References
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- ^ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- ^ Marshall, B. (2013). Austroliotia Cotton, 1948. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719255 on 2013-08-22
- ^ OBIS : Austroliotia
- Wilson, B., 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods Pt I. Odyssey Publishing, Leederville, W.A