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Liotipoma lifouensis

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Species of gastropod

Liotipoma lifouensis
Shell of Liotipoma lifouensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Colloniidae
Subfamily: Liotipomatinae
Genus: Liotipoma
Species: L. lifouensis
Binomial name
Liotipoma lifouensis
McLean, 2012

Liotipoma lifouensis is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Colloniidae.

Description

The shell grows to a height of 4.3 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (February 2013)

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Loyalty Islands.

References

  1. McLean J.H. (2012) New species and genera of colloniids from Indo-Pacific coral reefs, with the definition of a new subfamily Liotipomatinae n. subfam. (Turbinoidea, Colloniidae). Zoosystema 34(2): 343-376. (29 June 2012). World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Liotipoma lifouensis McLean, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=605466 on 2013-02-10

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Taxon identifiers
Liotipoma lifouensis


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