Liotipoma solaris
| Liotipoma solaris | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Colloniidae |
| Subfamily: | Liotipomatinae |
| Genus: | Liotipoma |
| Species: | L. solaris
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| Binomial name | |
| Liotipoma solaris McLean, 2012[1]
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Liotipoma solaris is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Colloniidae.[2]
Description
The shell grows to a height of 4 mm and 1 mm in diameter. It is known from male shells with a fully formed tongue. It has minimal whorl expansion and a very short, triangular tongue with a pointed tip.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Fiji Islands and Papua New Guinea, in the Indo-Pacific coral reefs.[3]
References
- ^ McLean J.H. (2012) New species and genera of colloniids from Indo-Pacific coral reefs, with the definition of a new subfamily Liotipomatinae n. subfam. (Turbinoidea, Colloniidae). Zoosystema 34(2): 343-376. (29 June 2012). World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2013-02-10.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Liotipoma solaris McLean, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=605467 on 2013-02-10
- ^ "New species and genera of colloniids from Indo-Pacific coral reefs, with the definition of a new subfamily Liotipomatinae n. subfam. (Turbinoidea, Colloniidae) - Ocean Biodiversity Information System". obis.org. Retrieved 2025-10-05.
External links
- World Register of Marine Species
- "Liotipoma solaris". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.