Liotella


Liotella is a genus of minute sea snails or micromolluscs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Skeneidae.

Description

The shells lack a thickened peristome. The shell is depressed. In some species the shell is coiled nearly into one plane, in others it is somewhat more elevated. The whorls are loosely coiled. The operculum is multispiral with a central nucleus. The sculpture shows strong transverse ribs. The spiral sculpture consists of fine lirae between the ribs or is sometimes almost or entirely obsolete.

Species

Species within the genus Liotella include:Liotella annulata Liotella anxia Liotella aupouria Arthur [William Baden Powell|Powell], 1937Liotella cancellata Liotella capitata Liotella compacta Liotella corona Liotella crassicostata Liotella elegans Laseron, 1958
;Species brought into synonymy:Liotella coatsiana Melvill & Standen, 1912: synonym of Lodderia coatsiana Liotella gravicosta Laseron, 1954: synonym of Liotella petalifera Liotella kirai Habe, 1961: synonym of Munditiella kirai Liotella littoralis Laseron, 1954: synonym of Liotella johnstoni Liotella parvirota Laseron, 1954: synonym of Liotella kilcundae Liotella patonga Laseron, 1954: synonym of Liotella annulata Liotella princeps Laseron, 1954: synonym of ''Liotella johnstoni''