Liotella vercoi

Liotella vercoi is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Liotella vercoi
Original drawing with three views of a shell of Liotella vercoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Liotella
Species:
L. vercoi
Binomial name
Liotella vercoi
(Gatliff & Gabriel, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Cyclostrema vercoi Gatliff & Gabriel, 1914 (original combination)
  • Granigyra vercoi (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1914)

Description

The height of this poorly known shell attains 0.27 mm, its diameter 0.75 mm. The very minute, white, opaque shell consists of four whorls, including the smooth, globular protoconch. It has a discoidal shape with a sunken spire and is widely umbilicated. It is ornamented with transverse riblets. On the body whorl they number about 17. The intervening spaces are smooth, with the exception of a median spiral thread on the base. The aperture is circular.[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and was dredged at Wilson's Promontory off Victoria.

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References
  1. Marshall, B. (2013). Liotella vercoi (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1914). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=720335 on 2013-10-29
  2. Gatliff & Gabriel (1914), On some new species of Victorian Marine Mollusca; Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria v. 27 (1914-1915) (described as Cyclostrema vercoi)
  • Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. (1962). A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum. 11 : 1-109
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