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Liotipoma lifouensis

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Liotipoma lifouensis
Shell of Liotipoma lifouensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Colloniidae
Subfamily: Liotipomatinae
Genus: Liotipoma
Species:
L. lifouensis
Binomial name
Liotipoma lifouensis
McLean, 2012[1]

Liotipoma lifouensis is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Colloniidae.[2]

Description

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The shell grows to a height of 4.3 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Loyalty Islands.

References

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  • World Register of Marine Species
  • "Liotipoma lifouensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.