Liamorpha

Liamorpha
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Subcohort:	Panpulmonata
Superfamily:	Pyramidelloidea
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Liamorpha; Pilsbry, 1898
Synonyms
	Lia de Folin, 1873 (invalid: junior homonym of Lia Eschscholtz, 1829 [Coleoptera]; Liamorpha is a replacement name); Liomorpha (incorrect original spelling of Liamorpha);

Liamorpha is a small genus of very small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks or micromollusks.^[1]

This genus is currently placed in the subfamily Chrysallidinae of the family Odostomiidae.

Life history edit

Nothing is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As is true of most members of the Pyramidellidae sensu lato, they are most likely to be ectoparasites.

Species edit

Liamorpha decorata (de Folin, 1873)
Liamorpha elegans (de Folin, 1870)
Liamorpha gemmifera (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906)

References edit

^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Liamorpha. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=730720 on 2015-04-05

Robba E. (2013) Tertiary and Quaternary fossil pyramidelloidean gastropods of Indonesia. Scripta Geologica 144: 1-191.

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[WoRMS-1] Bouchet, P. (2015). Liamorpha. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=730720 on 2015-04-05

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