Lodderia Explained

Lodderia is a genus of minute sea snails or micromolluscs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Skeneidae.^[1] This genus belonged previously to the family Liotiidae.

Description

The shell has a depressed turbinate shape and a deep umbilicus. The sculpture consists of a number of spiral keels. The circular aperture is oblique and shows a prominent varix. The peristome is continuous. The white operculum is multispiral with a central nucleus.^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Lodderia include:

• Lodderia coatsiana (Melvill & Standen, 1912)
• Lodderia eumorpha (Suter, 1908)
  • Lodderia eumorpha cookiana (Dell, 1952)
  • Lodderia eumorpha eumorpha (Suter, 1908)
• Lodderia iota (Powell, 1940)
• Lodderia lodderae Petterd, 1884
• † Lodderia mandulana C. Beets, 1984
• Lodderia novemcarinata (Melvill, 1906)
• Lodderia waitemata (Powell, 1940)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Lodderia virginiae (Jousseaume, 1872): synonym of Cyclostrema virginiae Jousseaume, 1872

References

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
• GBIF

Notes and References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Lodderia. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532002 on 2012-06-21
2. Tate, R. 1899. A revision of the Australian Cyclostrematidae and Liotiidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 23(2): 213-229