Iothia Explained

Iothia is a genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lepetidae.

Species

The following species within the genus Iothia are recognised by the World Register of Marine Species :^[1]

• Iothia albescens (Philippi, 1846) (nomen dubium)
• Iothia emarginuloides (Philippi, 1868)
• Iothia fulva (O. F. Müller, 1776)
• Iothia lindbergi McLean, 1985
• Iothia megalodon Warén, Nakano & Sellanes, 2011

Species brought into synonymy:

• Iothia antarctica (E. A. Smith, 1907): synonym of Iothia emarginuloides (Philippi, 1868)
• Iothia coppingeri (E. A. Smith, 1881): synonym of Iothia emarginuloides (Philippi, 1868)
• Iothia depressa (Hedley, 1916): synonym of Nacella polaris (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841): synonym of Nacella concinna (Strebel, 1908)
• Iothia fulviformis (Egorova, 1972): synonym of Iothia emarginuloides (Philippi, 1868)
• Iothia pelseneeri (Thiele, 1912): synonym of Propilidium pelseneeri Thiele, 1912
• Iothia radiata (M. Sars, 1851): synonym of Piliscus commodus (Middendorff, 1851)

References

• Forbes, E. 1849. On the genera of British Patellacea. The Athenaeum 1145: 1018
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
• Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

Notes and References

1. Gofas, Serge . 2015 . Iothia Forbes, 1849 . 138110 . 15 August 2017.