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Austroliotia pulcherrima

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Austroliotia pulcherrima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Liotiidae
Genus: Austroliotia
Species:
A. pulcherrima
Binomial name
Austroliotia pulcherrima
(Reeve, 1843)
Synonyms

Liotia pulcherrima A. Adams, 1850 superseded combination

Austroliotia pulcherrima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.[1]

Description

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The height of the shell attains 7 mm.

(Original description) The shell is subdiscoid, with a slightly elevated spire. Its whorls are rounded and very elegantly cancellated with transverse and longitudinal raised ridges; the transverse ridges are muricated. The outer lip is expanded, with a double peristome, each being radiately fimbriated. The umbilicus is very large, and its margins are crenulated. [2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia.

References

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  1. ^ Austroliotia pulcherrima (Reeve, 1843. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 August 2013.
  2. ^ Adams, A. (1850). "On the animal of Liotia; with descriptions of new species of Delphinula and Liotia, from the Cumingian collection". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1850: 50. Retrieved 29 May 2025. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Wilson, B. (1993). Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing. Vol.1 1st Edn pp. 1–408
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