Liotina peronii , common names: Peron's delphinula, wheel shell and large liotia, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Liotiidae.[1][2]

Liotina peronii
Apertural view of a shell of Liotina peronii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Liotiidae
Genus: Liotina
Species:
L. peronii
Binomial name
Liotina peronii
(Kiener, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Delphinula peronii Kiener, 1839 (original combination)
  • Liotia peronii Kiener, 1839
  • Liotinaria peronii (Kiener, L.C., 1839)

Description

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The size of the shell varies between 4 mm and 20 mm. The shell is shouldered, radiately distinctly ribbed to the shoulder, below which they become obsolete, with a spiral rib forming the shoulder and another just below it. The tooth is somewhat tubercular, and there are numerous small elevated spiral lirae, becoming granular below. Between the lirae there are minute punctations, and a row of large, deep pits revolves around the base. The outer lip is strongly, crenulately varicose.[3]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the shallow, subtidal zone of Central and West Pacific, off East India and off New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

References

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  1. ^ Marshall, B. (2013). Liotina peronii (Kiener, 1839). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719269 on 2013-08-29
  2. ^ McLean, J. H. 1988. Two New Species of Liotiinae (Gastropoda: Turbinidae) from the Philippine Islands. Veliger 30(4): 408-411.
  3. ^ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
  • Kiener, L.C. 1839. Scalaria, Cadran (Solarium Lamarck), Rotella, Delphinula. Partie II Genre Cadran (Solium Lamarck). 1-12, pls in Kiener, L.C. (& Fischer, P. partim) (eds). Spécies général et Iconographie des coquilles vivantes, comprenant la collection du Muséum d'histoire Naturelle de Paris, la collection de Lamarck, celle du Prince Massena (appartenant maintenant a M. le Baron B. Delessert) et les découvertes récentes des voyageurs. Paris Vol. 10.
  • Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Delphinula. pls 1-5 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1.
  • Pilsbry, H.A. 1934. Notes on the Gastropod Genus Liotia and its allies. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 85: 375-381
  • Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. Coquillages de Polynésie. Tahiti : Papeete pp. 1–391
  • Jenkins, B.W. 1984. Northern Australian Liotiidae. Australian Shell News 48: 8-9
  • Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp
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  • GenBank
  • World Register of Marine Species
  • "Liotinaria peronii". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.