Bathyliotina Explained

Bathyliotina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Liotiidae.^[1]

Description

The typical characteristics of this genus are:^[2]

• the thick shell is broader than high.
• the opening of the deep umbilicus is rather broad.
• the sculpture shows many blunt spines at its periphery.
• the outer lip is expanded to a considerable extent, formed by decreasing lamellar layers.

Species

• Bathyliotina armata (A. Adams, 1861)
• Bathyliotina glassi McLean, 1988
• Bathyliotina lamellosa (Schepman, 1908)
• Bathyliotina nakayasui Habe, 1981
• Bathyliotina schepmani Habe, 1953

References

• Habe 1961, Coloured illustrations of the shells of Japan (1962 edition) Vol.2: 13; appendix, p. 5,13.

Notes and References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2013). Bathyliotina Habe, 1961. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737790 on 2013-08-25
2. https://archive.org/details/veliger3019871988cali James McLean (1988) Two New Species of Liotiinae (Gastropoda: Turbinidae) from the Philippine Islands; The Veliger v.30 (1987-1988)