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Liotella annulata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Superfamily
  
Trochoidea

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Clade
  
Vetigastropoda

Family
  
Skeneidae

Liotella annulata

Liotella annulata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.

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Description

The diameter of the shell is 1.5 mm. The opaque white shell has a planorbiform shape. It is flattened above, rounded below, with somewhat distant longitudinal lamellae, above and below. Otherwise it is smooth. The umbilicus is wide. One of the ring-like lamellae forms the peristome.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia and Tasmania.

References

Liotella annulata Wikipedia