Austroliotia
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| Austroliotia botanica | |
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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| Genus: | Austroliotia Cotton, 1948
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| Liotia (Austroliotia) botanica, Hedley 1915 | |
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Liotina (Austroliotia), Ladd, 1966 | |
Austroliotia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Liotiidae.[1]
Description
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Distribution
They can be found under stones in the intertidal zone of the temperate coastal waters of Australia and Tasmania.
Species
According to the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database, the genus Austroliotia consists of the following species with names in current use[2]
- Austroliotia australis (Kiener, 1839)
- Austroliotia botanica (Hedley, 1915)
- Austroliotia darwinensis (Laseron, 1958)
- Austroliotia densilineata (Tate, 1899)
- Austroliotia pulcherrima (Reeve, 1843)
- Austroliotia scalaris (Hedley, 1903)
- Species brought into sy,nonymy
- Austroliotia saxa (Laseron, 1954): synonym of Austroliotia scalaris'' (Hedley, 1903)
References
- ^ Marshall, B. (2013). Austroliotia Cotton, 1948. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719255 on 2013-08-22
- ^ OBIS : Austroliotia
- Wilson, B., 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods Pt I. Odyssey Publishing, Leederville, W.A
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