Liotia admirabilis

Liotia admirabilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.[2]

Liotia admirabilis
Original drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Liotia admirabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Liotiidae
Genus: Liotia
Species:
L. admirabilis
Binomial name
Liotia admirabilis
E. A. Smith, 1890 [1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 1 mm and a diameter of 1.3 mm. The shell has a depressed globose shape. It is strongly sculptured and profoundly umbilicated. The shell contains 3½ whorls. The uppermost of the keels on the body whorl revolves up to the spire and forms the angle on the upper volutions. The lowermost carina borders the umbilicus and the next one occupies the middle of the under surface. The longitudinal lamellae are continuous on and between the keels. The aperture is round.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off St Helena

References

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