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Austroliotia saxa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Liotiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Trochoidea

Genus
  
Austroliotia

Austroliotia saxa, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.

Contents

The database of Seashells of New South Wales considers this species a synonym of Austroliotia scalaris (Hedley, 1903) as the specimen, on which Laseron based its description of this species, was worn and had poorly developed spines and axial lamellae.

Description

The height of the shell attains 8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New South Wales, Australia.

References

Austroliotia saxa Wikipedia