Liroceratia
| Liroceratia | |
|---|---|
| Liroceratia sulcata (Boettger, 1893) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Iravadiidae |
| Genus: | Liroceratia Ponder, 1984[1] |
| Type species | |
| Cingula sulcata O. Boettger, 1893 | |
Liroceratia is a genus of very small, somewhat amphibious land snails that have a gill and an operculum, semi-terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusk in the family Iravadiidae.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Liroceratia include:
- Liroceratia sulcata (Boettger, 1893)
- Liroceratia truncata (Garrett, 1873) (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, name preoccupied by Rissoa truncata Menke, 1828)
References
- ^ Ponder W. (1984). Malacologia 25(1): 58.
- ^ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Liroceratia Ponder, 1984. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=535776 on 2012-08-14