Liotia

Liotia
	Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Liotia echinacantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Family:	Liotiidae
Subfamily:	Liotiinae
Genus:	Liotia; Gray, 1842
Type species
	Delphinula cancellata Gray, 1828;

Liotia is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Liotiidae.

Liotia is the type genus of the family Liotiidae.

Description

The species in this genus are small to minute. They have a depressed or turbinate shape. They are all umbilicated with a nacreous inner layer. The thickened outer lip, attached to the body whorl for a short length, is continuous. Where the operculum has been stated, it is horny and multispiral.

Species

Liotia admirabilis E. A. Smith, 1890
Liotia affinis A. Adams, 1850
Liotia arenula E. A. Smith, 1890
Liotia atomus Issel, 1869
Liotia cancellata (Gray, 1828)
Liotia chilensis Osorio, 2012
Liotia echinacantha Melvill & Standen, 1903
Liotia fenestrata Carpenter, 1864
Liotia microgrammata Dall, 1927
Liotia romalea Melvill & Standen, 1903
Liotia squamicostata E. A. Smith, 1903
Liotia varicosa (Reeve, 1843)

Species brought into synonymy

Liotia acrilla Dall, 1889: synonym of Cyclostrema cancellatum Marryat, 1818
Liotia acryla Dall W.H., 1889: synonym of Cyclostrema cancellatum Marryat, 1818
Liotia acuticostata Carpenter, 1864: synonym of Lirularia acuticostata (Carpenter, 1864)
Liotia admirabilis auct. non E. A. Smith, 1890: synonym of Macrarene digitata McLean, Absalao & Santos Cruz, 1988
Liotia amabilis Dall, 1889: synonym of Cyclostrema amabile (Dall, 1889)
Liotia annulata Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1879: synonym of Liotella annulata (Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1879)
Liotia aspina Dall, 1889: synonym of Arene briareus (Dall, 1881)
Liotia asteriscus Gould, 1859: synonym of Pseudoliotia asteriscus (Gould, 1859)
Liotia bairdii Dall, 1889: synonym of Arene bairdii (Dall, 1889)
Liotia bellula H. Adams, 1873: synonym of Bothropoma bellulum (H. Adams, 1873)
Liotia brasiliana Dall, 1927: synonym of Arene brasiliana (Dall, 1927)
Liotia briareus Dall, 1881: synonym of Arene briareus (Dall, 1881)
Liotia californica Dall, 1908: synonym of Arene californica (Dall, 1908)
Liotia carinata Carpenter, 1857: synonym of Arene lurida (Dall, 1913)
Liotia centrifuga Dall, 1896: synonym of Arene centrifuga (Dall, 1896)
Liotia cookeana Dall, 1918: synonym of Liotia fenestrata Carpenter, 1864
Liotia dautzenbergi Bavay, 1917: synonym of Astrosansonia dautzenbergi (Bavay, 1917)
Liotia discoidea Reeve, 1843: synonym of Pseudoliotina discoidea (Reeve, 1843)
Liotia disjuncta Hedley, C. 1903: synonym of Liocarinia disjuncta (Hedley, C. 1903)
Liotia erici Strong & Hertlein, 1939: synonym of Haplocochlias erici (Strong & Hertlein, 1939)
Liotia fulgens Gould, 1859: synonym of Turbo cidaris cidaris Gmelin, 1791
Liotia gemma auct. non Tuomey & Holmes, 1856: synonym of Arene tricarinata (Stearns, 1872)
Liotia hedleyi Prichard & Gatliff, 1899: synonym of Munditia hedleyi (Prichard & Gatliff, 1899)
Liotia heimi Strong & Hertlein, 1939: synonym of Parviturbo stearnsii (Dall, 1918)
Liotia huesonica Dall, 1927: synonym of Cyclostrema huesonicum (Dall, 1927)
Liotia incerta Tenison-Woods, 1877: synonym of Munditia tasmanica (Tenison-Woods, 1875)
Liotia krausii Gray J.E. in Gray M.E., 1850: synonym of Pseudotorinia kraussi J.E. Gray in M.E. Gray, 1850
Liotia lamellosa Schepman, 1908: synonym of Bathyliotina lamellosa (Schepman, 1908)
Liotia lucasensis Strong, 1934: synonym of Haplocochlias lucasensis (Strong, 1934)
Liotia lurida Dall, 1913: synonym of Arene lurida (Dall, 1913)
Liotia mayana Tate, R. 1899: synonym of Munditia mayana (Tate, 1899)
Liotia microforis Dall, 1889: synonym of Arene microforis (Dall, 1889)
Liotia minima Tenison-Woods, 1878: synonym of Lodderena minima (Tenison-Woods, 1878)
Liotia miniata Dall, 1889: synonym of Arene miniata (Dall, 1889)
Liotia nitida Verrill & Smith, 1885: synonym of Eccliseogyra nitida (Verrill & Smith, 1885)
Liotia olivacea Dall, 1918: synonym of Arene olivacea (Dall, 1918)
Liotia pacis Dall, 1908: synonym of Arene pacis (Dall, 1908)
Liotia perforata Dall, 1889: synonym of Arene briareus (Dall, 1881)
Liotia pergemma Gardner, 1948: synonym of Arene tricarinata (Stearns, 1872)
Liotia planorbis Dall, 1927: synonym of Palazzia planorbis (Dall, 1927)
Liotia polypleura Hedley, 1904: synonym of Liotella polypleura (Hedley, 1904)
Liotia radiata Kiener, 1838: synonym of Arene cruentata (Mühlfeld, 1824)
Liotia riisei Rehder, 1943: synonym of Arene riisei Rehder, 1943
Liotia rostrata Hedley, 1900: synonym of Canimarina rostrata (Hedley, 1900)
Liotia siderea Angas, 1865: synonym of Munditia tasmanica (Tenison-Woods, 1875)
Liotia socorroensis Strong, 1934: synonym of Arene socorroensis (Strong, 1934)
Liotia subquadrata Tenison-Woods, 1878: synonym of Munditia subquadrata (Tenison-Woods, 1878)
Liotia tasmanica Tenison-Woods, 1875: synonym of Munditia tasmanica (Tenison-Woods, 1875)
Liotia tortugana Dall, 1927: synonym of Cyclostrema tortuganum (Dall, 1927)
Liotia tricarinata Stearns, 1872: synonym of Arene tricarinata (Stearns, 1872)
Liotia trullata Dall, 1889: synonym of Arene bairdii (Dall, 1889)
Liotia variabilis Dall, 1889: synonym of Arene variabilis (Dall, 1889)
Liotia venusta Woodring, 1928: synonym of Arene venusta (Woodring, 1928) (primary homonym of Liotia venusta Hedley, 1901)
Liotia venusta Hedley, 1901: synonym of Circulus venustus (Hedley, 1901)

References

↑ Gray (1842). Syn. Cont. Brit. Mus. ed. 44: 57.
↑ Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2013). Liotia Gray, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415570 on 2013-09-07
↑ West American species of the genus Liotia; Transactions of The San Diego Society For Natural History vol. 7 (1934)
↑ Hedley, C. 1901. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part IV. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 26: 16-25 (8, pl. 2, figs 4-6)

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F., 1962 A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Mem. Aust. Mus., 11:0-0.

[1] Gray (1842). Syn. Cont. Brit. Mus. ed. 44: 57.

[WoRMS-2] Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2013). Liotia Gray, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415570 on 2013-09-07

[3] West American species of the genus Liotia; Transactions of The San Diego Society For Natural History vol. 7 (1934)

[4] Hedley, C. 1901. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part IV. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 26: 16-25 (8, pl. 2, figs 4-6)