Biology:Liotipoma wallisensis

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Liotipoma wallisensis
Liotipoma wallisensis (MNHN-IM-2000-24754).jpeg
Shells of Liotipoma wallisensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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L. wallisensis
Binomial name
Liotipoma wallisensis
McLean & Kiel, 2007[1]

Liotipoma wallisensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.[2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 3.5 mm and 4.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Wallis Island, Polynesia

References

  • McLean J.H. & Kiel S. 2007. Cretaceous and living Colloniidae of the redefined subfamily Petropomatinae, with two new genera and one new species, with notes on opercular evolution in turbinoideans, and the fossil record of Liotiidae (Vetigastropoda: Turbinoidea). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 81(3): 254-266

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6556100 entry