Litiopa
| Litiopa | |
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| Litiopa limnophysa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | Litiopidae |
| Genus: | Litiopa Rang, 1829 |
| Synonyms | |
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Litiopa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Litiopidae.[1]
Species
[edit]The following species are recognised in the genus Litiopa:[1]
- †Litiopa acuminata (Baudon, 1853)
- †Litiopa alnensis Cossmann, 1907
- †Litiopa insolita (Deshayes, 1865)
- Litiopa limnophysa Melvill & Standen, 1896
- Litiopa melanostoma (Rang, 1829)
- Litiopa nipponica Kuroda & Kawamoto, 1956
- †Litiopa punctulifera Tate, 1894
- †Litiopa texana Garvie, 1996
- Litiopa tumescens (Thiele, 1925)
- †Litiopa turriculata (Cossmann, 1896)
- Former species
- Litiopa bucciniformis Hornung & Mermod, 1926 - synonymized with Bittium proteum (Jousseaume, 1931)
- Litiopa effusa C. B. Adams, 1850 - synonymized with Monoplex pilearis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Litiopa obesa C. B. Adams, 1850 - synonymized with Gutturnium muricinum (Röding, 1798)
- Litiopa saxicola C. B. Adams, 1852 - synonymized with Elachisina saxicola (C. B. Adams, 1852)
References
[edit]- 1 2 Litiopa Rang, 1829. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 Mar 2025.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
- Bouchet P. (2002) Gone with the wind: a pelagic marine snail described as an endemic land snail from the Bahamas. The Nautilus 116(1):32-35.
- 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