Liotia

Liotia is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Liotiidae.^[2]

Liotia
Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Liotia echinacantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Liotiidae
Subfamily:	Liotiinae
Genus:	Liotia Gray, 1842[1]
Type species
Delphinula cancellata Gray, 1828

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.^[3]

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:^[4] synonym of Arene venusta (Woodring, 1928) (primary homonym of Liotia venusta Hedley, 1901)
• Liotia venusta Hedley, 1901: synonym of Circulus venustus (Hedley, 1901)

References

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

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