Austroliotia
Austroliotia botanica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Liotiidae
Genus: Austroliotia
Cotton, 1948
Type species
Liotia (Austroliotia) botanica, Hedley 1915
Synonyms[1]

Liotina (Austroliotia), Ladd, 1966

Austroliotia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Liotiidae.[2]

Description

Distribution

They can be found under stones in the intertidal zone of the temperate coastal waters of Australia and Tasmania.

Species

According to the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database, the genus Austroliotia consists of the following species with names in current use[3]

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  2. Marshall, B. (2013). Austroliotia Cotton, 1948. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719255 on 2013-08-22
  3. OBIS : Austroliotia
  • Wilson, B., 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods Pt I. Odyssey Publishing, Leederville, W.A


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