Lissotesta Explained

Lissotesta is a genus of minute sea snails or micromolluscs, marine gastropod molluscs, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Lissotesta include:

• Lissotesta ambigua Dell, 1956
• Lissotesta arenosa Laseron, 1954
• Lissotesta aupouria Powell, 1937
• Lissotesta benthicola Powell, 1927
• †Lissotesta beta Laws, 1939
• Lissotesta bicarinata Powell, 1940
• Lissotesta conoidea Powell, 1937
• Lissotesta decipiens Powell, 1940
• Lissotesta errata Finlay, 1927
• †Lissotesta exigua (Suter, 1917)
• Lissotesta gittenbergeri (van Aartsen & Bogi, 1988)
• Lissotesta granum (Murdoch and Suter, 1906
• Lissotesta impervia (Strebel, 1908)
• Lissotesta inscripta (Tate, 1899)
• Lissotesta japonica (A. Adams, 1861)
• Lissotesta liratula (Pelseneer, 1903)
• Lissotesta macknighti (Dell, 1990)
• Lissotesta major Warén, 1992
• Lissotesta mammillata (Thiele, 1912)
• Lissotesta micra (Tenison-Woods, 1876)
• Lissotesta minima (Seguenza, 1876)
• Lissotesta minutissima (E. A. Smith, 1907)
• Lissotesta notalis (Strebel, 1908)
• Lissotesta oblata Powell, 1940
• Lissotesta otagoensis Dell, 1956
• †Lissotesta pygmaea Lozouet, 1999
• Lissotesta radiata (Hedley, 1907)
• Lissotesta scalaroides Rubio & Rolán, 2013
• Lissotesta similis (Thiele, 1912)^[2]
• Lissotesta strebeli (Thiele, 1912)
• Lissotesta studeri (Thiele, 1912)
• Lissotesta turrita (Gaglini, 1987)
• Lissotesta unifilosa (Thiele, 1912)
• †Lissotesta virodunensis Lozouet, 1999

Nomen dubium:

• Lissotesta humilis (Pelseneer, 1903)

References

• Kano Y., Chikyu, E. & Warén, A. (2009) Morphological, ecological and molecular characterization of the enigmatic planispiral snail genus Adeuomphalus (Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea). Journal of Molluscan Studies, 75:397-418.

Further reading

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
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• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
• Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584

Notes and References

1. Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2012). Lissotesta. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138500 on 27 March 2013
2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Lissotesta similis (Thiele, 1912). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=713990 on 2013-01-15