Iothia is a genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lepetidae.

Iothia
Iothia fulva shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Superfamily: Lottioidea
Family: Lepetidae
Genus: Iothia
Forbes, 1849 [1]

Species edit

The following species within the genus Iothia are recognised by the World Register of Marine Species :[1]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Iothia antarctica (E. A. Smith, 1907): synonym of Iothia emarginuloides (Philippi, 1868)
  • Iothia coppingeri (E. A. Smith, 1881): synonym of Iothia emarginuloides (Philippi, 1868)
  • Iothia depressa (Hedley, 1916): synonym of Nacella polaris (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841): synonym of Nacella concinna (Strebel, 1908)
  • Iothia fulviformis (Egorova, 1972): synonym of Iothia emarginuloides (Philippi, 1868)
  • Iothia pelseneeri (Thiele, 1912): synonym of Propilidium pelseneeri Thiele, 1912
  • Iothia radiata (M. Sars, 1851): synonym of Piliscus commodus (Middendorff, 1851)

References edit

  1. ^ a b Gofas, Serge (2015). "'IothiaForbes, 1849". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  • Forbes, E. 1849. On the genera of British Patellacea. The Athenaeum 1145: 1018
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.