Liotina crenata

Liotina crenata
	Liotina crenata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Family:	Liotiidae
Genus:	Liotina
Species:	L. crenata
Binomial name
	Liotina crenata; (Kiener, 1839)
Synonyms
	Delphinula crenata Kiener, 1839; Dentarene sarcina Iredale, 1929 ; Liotia (Arene) crenata Kiener, 1839;

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

Description

The diameter of the shell is 15 mm. The depressed shell has a turbinate shape. The spire whorls are somewhat exserted, all showing a pair of peripheral keels, which are strongly, or subsipinosely crenulated. The whorls are encircled by a spiral series of granules above. The base of the shell is smooth. The umbilicus is of a moderate size, defined by a riblet. The peristome is strongly crenately varicose. The color of the shell is whitish, stained with chestnut.^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Aldabra Atoll; in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines.

References

1 2 Liotina crenata (Kiener, 1839). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
↑ Indo_pacific Molluscan Database
↑ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll.

[WoRMS-1] 1 2 Liotina crenata (Kiener, 1839). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.

[2] Indo_pacific Molluscan Database

[3] G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

[1]

[2]

[3]