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Liotipoma magna

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Species of sea snail

Liotipoma magna
Shell of Liotipoma magna (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. magna
Binomial name
Liotipoma magna
McLean, 2012

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 5 mm and 6.8 mm.

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Vanuatu.

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 magna McLean, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=605465 on 2013-02-10

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Taxon identifiers
Liotipoma magna


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