Rotaliotina springsteeni is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Liotiidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Rotaliotina springsteeni (McLean, 1988). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1633244 on 2023-01-30
Description
The diameter of the nearly planispiral shell varies between 8 mm and 10 mm. The shell contains 3.5 whorls with blunt double spines. Distribution This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Thailand.
Etymology R. springsteeni is named after Foster James "Jim" Springsteen, an amateur malacologist who published Shells of the Philippines.
References
Huang, Shih-I. (2023). Nomenclatural notes on fossil liotiid taxa and description of Cyclostrema filipino n. sp. from the Philippines (Mollusca: Gastropoda, Liotiidae). Bulletin of Malacology, Taiwan. 46: 24-46.
External links McLean, J. H. (1988). Two new species of Liotiinae (Gastropoda: Turbinidae) from the Philippine Islands. Veliger. 30(4): 408-411 World Register of Marine Species