Liotiidae
Liotiidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda.
Description
The head of the animal is proboscidiform. The epipodial line has a pair of conical lobes and three pairs of cirri.The white shell has a turbiniform or discoidal shape. It shows longitudinal ribs or is clathrate. The shell shows a fine lamellar sculpture. The circular aperture is feebly nacreous. The thick peristome is continuous and shows a callous varix. The multispiral operculum is hispid, corneous and has a soft, calcareous outer layer formed of pearly beads that are disposed spirally.
Taxonomy
2005 taxonomy
The family Liotiidae belongs to the superfamily Turbinoidea, according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).This family consists of the three following subfamilies :
- Liotiinae Gray, 1850 - synonym: Cyclostrematidae P. Fischer, 1885; McLean ranked it as subfamily of Turbinidae.
- † Brochidiinae Yochelson, 1956
- † Dichostasiinae Yochelson, 1956
2008 taxonomy
Liotiidae was moved to the redefined superfamily Trochoidea according to Williams et al..Genera
Genera in this family include:;subfamily LiotiinaeAustroliotia Cotton, 1948Bathyliotina Habe, 1961Circumstella Laseron, 1958Cithna A. Adams, 1863Cordarene S.-I Huang, C.-L. Chen & M.-H. Lin, 2018Cyclostrema Marryat, 1818 Dentarene Iredale, 1929
- † Klebyella Gründel, 1998Liotia Gray, 1842 - type genusLiotina Munier-Chalmas, 1885Macrarene Hertlein & Strong, 1951Moniliotina S.-I Huang, M.-H. Lin & C.-L. Chen, 2019Munditia Finlay, 1926Pterarene Sakurai & Habe, 1977Rhodinoliotia Tomlin & Shackleford, 1915Rufanula Barnard, 1963
- † Dichostasia Yochelson, 1956 - type genus of the subfamily Dichostasiinae
- †Pareuchelus O. Boettger, 1907 Rotaliotina S.-I Huang, 2023