Liotina crenata

Liotina crenata
Liotina crenata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Liotiidae
Subfamily:	Liotiinae
Genus:	Liotina
Species:	L. crenata
Binomial name
Liotina crenata (Kiener, 1839)
Synonyms[1]
Delphinula crenata Kiener, 1839 Dentarene sarcina Iredale, 1929 [2] Liotia (Arene) crenata Kiener, 1839

Liotina crenata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.^[1]

Description

The diameter of the shell is 15 mm. The depressed shell has a turbinate shape. The spire whorls are somewhat exserted, all showing a pair of peripheral keels, which are strongly, or subsipinosely crenulated. The whorls are encircled by a spiral series of granules above. The base of the shell is smooth. The umbilicus is of a moderate size, defined by a riblet. The peristome is strongly crenately varicose. The color of the shell is whitish, stained with chestnut.^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Aldabra Atoll; in the Pacific off the Philippines.

Apertural view

References

1. Liotina crenata (Kiener, 1839).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
2. Indo_pacific Molluscan Database
3. G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

• Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll.

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