Liotia atomus | |
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Drawing with two views of a shell of Liotia atomus | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Liotiidae |
Genus: | Liotia |
Species: | L. atomus
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Binomial name | |
Liotia atomus Issel, 1869
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Synonyms | |
Cyclostrema atomus (Issel, 1869) |
Liotia atomus is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Liotiidae. [2]
The diameter of the shell is 1.5 mm. The somewhat solid shell is narrowly umbilicated. It is greenish and a little shining. It is obliquely longitudinally striate. The 4½ slightly convex whorls enlarge rapidly. The body whorl is subangulated at the base. The umbilical area is longitudinally crispate. The continuous peristome is thickened. [3]
This marine species occurs off Suez, Red Sea.
Liotia atomus | |
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Drawing with two views of a shell of Liotia atomus | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Liotiidae |
Genus: | Liotia |
Species: | L. atomus
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Binomial name | |
Liotia atomus Issel, 1869
[1]
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Synonyms | |
Cyclostrema atomus (Issel, 1869) |
Liotia atomus is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Liotiidae. [2]
The diameter of the shell is 1.5 mm. The somewhat solid shell is narrowly umbilicated. It is greenish and a little shining. It is obliquely longitudinally striate. The 4½ slightly convex whorls enlarge rapidly. The body whorl is subangulated at the base. The umbilical area is longitudinally crispate. The continuous peristome is thickened. [3]
This marine species occurs off Suez, Red Sea.