Liotia cancellata is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.[1]
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| Drawing of a shell of Liotia cancellata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Liotiidae |
| Genus: | Liotia |
| Species: | L. cancellata
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| Binomial name | |
| Liotia cancellata (Gray J.E., 1828)
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Description
editThe shell size ranges from 2.5 mm to 4 mm. It is thick, solid and turbinate in shape, with a relatively elevated spire . The convex whorls are regularly latticed with equidistant spiral and longitudinal ribs. The moderately sizedumbilicus is defined by a spiral rib. The outer lip is simple.[2][3]
Distribution
editThis species is seen in the Pacific Ocean off Northern Chile and Peru.
References
edit- ^ Bouchet, P. (2013). Liotia cancellata (Gray, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=738517 on 2013-09-08
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
- ^ West American species of the genus Liotia; Transactions of The San Diego Society For Natural History vol. 7 (1934)
External links
edit- World Register of Marine Species
- "Liotia cancellata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.