Liotipoma wallisensis
| Liotipoma wallisensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Phasianelloidea |
| Family: | Colloniidae |
| Genus: | Liotipoma |
| Species: | L. wallisensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Liotipoma wallisensis McLean & Kiel, 2007[1] | |
Liotipoma wallisensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.[2]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 3.5 mm and 4.5 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Wallis Island, Polynesia
References
- ↑ McLean & Kiel (2007). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 81 (3) : 254-266. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 19 April 2010.
- ↑ Liotipoma wallisensis McLean & Kiel, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
- McLean J.H. & Kiel S. 2007. Cretaceous and living Colloniidae of the redefined subfamily Petropomatinae, with two new genera and one new species, with notes on opercular evolution in turbinoideans, and the fossil record of Liotiidae (Vetigastropoda: Turbinoidea). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 81(3): 254-266