Liotella capitata

Liotella capitata
	Original drawing with two views of a shell of Liotella capitata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Skeneidae
Genus:	Liotella
Species:	L. capitata
Binomial name
	Liotella capitata; (Hedley, 1907)
Synonyms
	Liotia capitata Hedley, 1907

Liotella capitata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.^[1]

Description

(Original description by Ch. Hedley) The height of the shell attains 0.6 mm, its diameter 1.3 mm. The minute, cream-colored shell has a subdiscoidal shape. The spire is slightly elevated. The umbilicus is wide. The shell contains 3 whorls. The 1½ whorl of the protoconch is tilted and inflated. The body whorl comes scarcely in contact with the penultimate whorl, at last deeply descending. The sculpture of the shell shows sharp, projecting ring ribs, widely spaced on the last half whorl, but crowded on the penultimate. The interspaces and protoconch are smooth. The oblique aperture is oval and entire. It is downwardly directed and fortified by a prominent ring varix.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales at a depth of 1460 m.

References

^ Marshall, B. (2013). Liotella capitata (Hedley, 1907). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719402 on 2013-10-25
^ Hedley, C. 1907. The results of deepsea investigation in the Tasman Sea. II. The expedition of the "Woy Woy". 2. Mollusca from eight hundred fathoms, thirty-five miles east of Sydney. Records of the Australian Museum 6: 356-364 (described as Liotia capitata )

Laseron, C., 1954. Revision of the Liotiidae of New South Wales. Aust. Zool., 12(1):1-25
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. (1962). A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum. 11 : 1-109

[WoRMS-1] Marshall, B. (2013). Liotella capitata (Hedley, 1907). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719402 on 2013-10-25

[2] Hedley, C. 1907. The results of deepsea investigation in the Tasman Sea. II. The expedition of the "Woy Woy". 2. Mollusca from eight hundred fathoms, thirty-five miles east of Sydney. Records of the Australian Museum 6: 356-364 (described as Liotia capitata )

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