Liotella corona
Liotella corona is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.[1]
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| Original drawing with three views of a shell of Liotella corona | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Liotella |
| Species: | L. corona |
| Binomial name | |
| Liotella corona (Hedley, 1902) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Liotia corona Hedley, 1902 | |
Description
The height of the white shell attains 0.28 mm, its diameter 0.82 mm. The minute shell has a discoid shape. It is not nacreous. The spire is sunken. The umbilicus is wide and shallow. The shell consists of three whorls. The last half-whorl comes scarcely in contact with the others, and is suddenly and deeply deflected.
Sculpture: The body whorl is ringed by 16 thick, projecting, distant ribs which fade above and below at the sutures. These ribs continue on the suture for about half a whorl. The interstices of the ribs are faintly spirally scratched. The very oblique aperture is circular and fortified by a varix.[2]
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia.
References
- Marshall, B. (2013). Liotella corona (Hedley, 1902). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=720331 on 2013-10-25
- Hedley Charles (1902) Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part VI; Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales vol. 27 (1902)
- Petterd, W. 1884. Description of new Tasmanian shells. Journal of Conchology 4: 135-145
- Cotton, B. C., 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. W.L. Hawes, Adelaide.. 449 pp., 1 pl.