Liotina tantilla

Liotina tantilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Liotiidae
Genus: Liotina
Species: L. tantilla
Binomial name
Liotina tantilla
A. Adams, 1863 [1]
Synonyms

Liotina (Liotinaria) tantilla (A. Adams, 1863)

Liotina tantilla is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Liotiidae.[2]

Description

The small, thick, white shell has a discoid shape and is deeply umbilicate. It contains 3½ convex whorls with concentric,grooved furrows. The last whorls has a rounde dshape at the periphery. The umbilicus is of a moderate size. The aperture is circular.[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan.

References

External identifiers for Liotina tantilla
WoRMS 737880


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