Litiopa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Litiopidae.[1]
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| Genus: | Litiopa Rang, 1829
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Species
editSpecies within the genus Litiopa include:
- Litiopa melanostoma (Rang, 1829)[2]
- Litiopa nipponica Kuroda & Kawamoto, 1956
- Litiopa tumescens (Thiele, 1925)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Litiopa bucciniformis Hornung & Mermod, 1926: synonym of Bittium proteum (Jousseaume, 1931)
- Litiopa effusa C. B. Adams, 1850: synonym of Monoplex pilearis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Litiopa obesa C. B. Adams, 1850: synonym of Gutturnium muricinum (Röding, 1798)
- Litiopa saxicola C. B. Adams, 1852: synonym of Elachisina saxicola (C. B. Adams, 1852)
References
edit- ^ Litiopa Rang, 1829. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
- ^ Litiopa melanostoma (Rang, 1829). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
- 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
- Bouchet P. (2002) Gone with the wind: a pelagic marine snail described as an endemic land snail from the Bahamas. The Nautilus 116(1):32-35.
- Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp