Liotella pulcherrima is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Liotella pulcherrima
Original drawing with two views of a shell of Liotella pulcherrima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Liotella
Species:
L. pulcherrima
Binomial name
Liotella pulcherrima
(Henn & Brazier, 1894)
Synonyms

Homalogyra pulcherrima Henn & Brazier, 1894

Description

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The diameter of the shell attains 1.4 mm. The thin, colorless and transparent shell is flat-coiled. It consists of three whorls, the body whorl rounded and rapidly descending. The suture is moderately deep. The whole surface is distinctly cancellated. The spiral striae are very minute and close together, with 30–50 on the body whorl. The longitudinals are much thicker and wider apart. The umbilicus is wide and deep. The aperture is round, with an entire margin that is not thickened. The thin peristome is continuous.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales and Victoria.

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