Liotina crenata
Liotina crenata | |
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Liotina crenata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Liotiidae |
Subfamily: | Liotiinae |
Genus: | Liotina |
Species: | L. crenata |
Binomial name | |
Liotina crenata (Kiener, 1839) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Liotina crenata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.[1]
Description
The diameter of the shell is 15 mm. The depressed shell has a turbinate shape. The spire whorls are somewhat exserted, all showing a pair of peripheral keels, which are strongly, or subsipinosely crenulated. The whorls are encircled by a spiral series of granules above. The base of the shell is smooth. The umbilicus is of a moderate size, defined by a riblet. The peristome is strongly crenately varicose. The color of the shell is whitish, stained with chestnut.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Aldabra Atoll; in the Pacific off the Philippines.
References
- Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll.
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