Livonia (gastropod)
| Livonia | |
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| shell of Livonia mammilla | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Subfamily: | Cymbiinae |
| Tribe: | Livoniini |
| Genus: | Livonia Gray, 1855[1] |
| Type species | |
| Voluta mammilla G. B. Sowerby I, 1844 | |
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Livonia is a genus of medium-sized Indo-Pacific predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae, the volutes. [2]
The genus belongs to the clade Livoniini, which is usually placed in the subfamily Cymbiinae (but sometimes in the Fulgorariinae instead).
Species
Species within the genus Livonia include:
- Livonia joerinkensi (Poppe, 1987)
- Livonia limpusi Bail, 1999
- Livonia mammilla (G. B. Sowerby I, 1844)
- Livonia mervcooperi Bail & Limpus, 2010
- Livonia nodiplicata (Cox, 1910)
- Livonia roadnightae (McCoy, 1881)
- Synonyms
- Livonia quisqualis Iredale, 1957: synonym of Livonia roadnightae (McCoy, 1881)
References
- ^ Gray J. E. (1855). List Moll. Coll. Brit. Mus. 1, Volut., 8.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Livonia Gray, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382336 on 2022-06-21
- Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 30 pp, 5 pl.
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