Bathyliotina

Bathyliotina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Liotiidae.[1]

Bathyliotina
Two views of a shell of Bathyliotina glassi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Trochoidea
Family:
Liotiidae
Subfamily:
Liotiinae
Genus:
Bathyliotina

Habe, 1961
Type species
Liotina armata A. Adams, 1861

Description

The typical characteristics of this genus are:[2]

  • the thick shell is broader than high.
  • the opening of the deep umbilicus is rather broad.
  • the sculpture shows many blunt spines at its periphery.
  • the outer lip is expanded to a considerable extent, formed by decreasing lamellar layers.

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References
  1. Rosenberg, G. (2013). Bathyliotina Habe, 1961. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737790 on 2013-08-25
  2. James McLean (1988) Two New Species of Liotiinae (Gastropoda: Turbinidae) from the Philippine Islands; The Veliger v.30 (1987-1988)
  • Habe 1961, Coloured illustrations of the shells of Japan (1962 edition) Vol.2: 13; appendix, p. 5,13.


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