Austroliotia scalaris
| Austroliotia scalaris | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Family: | Liotiidae |
| Genus: | Austroliotia |
| Species: | A. scalaris
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| Binomial name | |
| Austroliotia scalaris (Hedley, 1903)
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Austroliotia scalaris, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.[1] Liotiids are commonly known as wheel shells.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 5 mm and 8 mm and the height of the shell is equal to its width.[2]
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia. It occurs off Queensland and New South Wales, from Fraser Island in Queensland, to Brush Island in southern New South Wales.[2]
Footnotes
- ^ Austroliotia scalaris (Hedley, 1903). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 August 2013.
- ^ a b Beechey, Des (1 January 2012). "Austroliotia scalaris". The Seashells of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
References
- Hedley, C. 1903. Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. "Thetis" off the coast of New South Wales in February and March, 1898, pt. 6. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 4(1): 326–402 [336] (as Liotia tasmanica var. scalaris)
- 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
- Jenkins, B.W. 1984. Southern Australian Liotiidae. Australian Shell News 47: 3–5
- Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp
External links
- "Austroliotia scalaris". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- Australian Faunal Directory: Austroliotia scalaris
- Austroliotia scalaris : images from the Atlas of Living Australia