Liotina semiclathratula explained

Liotina semiclathratula is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Liotiidae.^[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 5 mm and 15 mm.The whitish shell has a depressed turbinate shape. It is spirally costate, with the costae slightly tuberculate above. The suture is channeled. The outer lip is crenately varicose. The large umbilicus is bicarinate within and crenulately margined.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan, the Amur region and the Philippines.

Notes

• Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp.

External links

• World Register of Marine Species

Notes and References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2013). Liotina semiclathratula Schrenck, 1862. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737879 on 2013-08-29
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/77914 G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia