Liotia cancellata

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Liotia cancellata
Drawing of a shell of Liotia cancellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Liotiidae
Genus: Liotia
Species: L. cancellata
Binomial name
Liotia cancellata
(Gray J.E., 1828)
Synonyms
  • Delphinula cancellata Gray, 1828
  • Delphinula cobijensis Reeve, 1843

Liotia cancellata is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 2.5 mm and 4 mm. The thick, solid shell has a turbinate shape. The spire is relatively elevated. The convex whorls are regularly latticed with equidistant spiral and longitudinal ribs. The umbilicus has a moderate size and is defined by a spiral rib. The outer lip is simple.[2][3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Northern Chile and Peru.

References

External links

External identifiers for Liotia cancellata
WoRMS 738517
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