Liotina


Liotina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Liotiidae.

Description

The solid, cancellated shell has a subdiscoidal shape. Its umbilicus is large, with a spiral funiculum. The aperture is not nacreous. The peristome is varicose, reflected and sub-bilabiate.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New [South Wales], Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia; in the tropical Indo-West Pacific; off Fiji, East India and Japan.

Species

Species within the genus Liotina include:Liotina crassibasis Smith, 1880Liotina crenata Liotina cycloma Tomlin, 1918Liotina fijiensis Pilsbry, 1934
Further species Liotina depressaLiotina loculosa Liotina mayana Liotina subquadrata T. WoodsLiotina tasmanica Liotina varicosa Reeve, 1843Liotina voyi Pilsbry and Vanatta, 1905
;Species brought into synonymy:Liotina armata A. Adams, 1861: synonym of Bathyliotina armata Liotina australis Kiener, 1839: synonym of Austroliotia australis Liotina scalaroides Reeve, 1834: synonym of Liotinaria scalarioides Reeve, 1843