Liotella is a genus of minute sea snails or micromolluscs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Skeneidae.Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2012). Liotella Iredale, 1915. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196947 on 2012-09-11
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. Laseron (1954) Revision of the Liotiidae of New South Wales; The Australian zoologist v.12 (1954-1959), p. 8
Species Species within the genus Liotella include: Liotella annulata (Tenison Woods, 1874) Liotella anxia (Hedley, 1909) Liotella aupouria Powell, 1937 Liotella cancellata (Krauss, 1848) Liotella capitata (Hedley, 1907) Liotella compacta (Petterd, 1884) Liotella corona (Hedley, 1902) Liotella crassicostata (Strebel, 1908) Liotella elegans Laseron, 1958 Liotella elegans darwinensis Liotella endeavourensis Dell, 1990 Liotella indigens Finlay, 1927 Liotella johnstoni (Beddome, 1883) Liotella kilcundae (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1914) Liotella mackenae Dell, 1956 Liotella petalifera (Hedley & May, 1908) Liotella polypleura (Hedley, 1904) Liotella pulcherrima (Henn & Brazier, 1894) Liotella rotula (Suter, 1908) Liotella vercoi (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1914) Species brought into synonymy Liotella coatsiana Melvill & Standen, 1912: synonym of Lodderia coatsiana (Melvill & Standen, 1912) Liotella gravicosta Laseron, 1954: synonym of Liotella petalifera (Hedley & May, 1908) Seashells of New South Wales: Liotella petalifera Liotella kirai Habe, 1961: synonym of Munditiella kirai (Habe, 1961) Liotella littoralis Laseron, 1954: synonym of Liotella johnstoni (Beddome, 1883) Seashells of New South Wales: Littorella johnstoni Liotella parvirota Laseron, 1954: synonym of Liotella kilcundae (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1914) Seashells of New South Wales: Liotella kilcundae Liotella patonga Laseron, 1954: synonym of Liotella annulata (Tenison Woods, 1874) Seashells of New South Wales: Liotella annulata Liotella princeps Laseron, 1954: synonym of Liotella johnstoni (Beddome, 1883) Seashells of New South Wales: Liotella johnstoni
References
Further reading Iredale, 1915, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 47: 442 Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 GBIF Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
External links
Seashells of New South Wales : images of shells