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Liotia romalea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Superfamily
  
Trochoidea

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Clade
  
Vetigastropoda

Family
  
Liotiidae

Liotia romalea

Liotia romalea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.

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Description

The height of the shell reaches 5 mm and its diameter 5 mm. The small, solid shell has an ovate-round shape with 5 whorls. It is narrowly umbilicate. The two apical whorls are smooth, the antepenultimate has one keel, the penultimate two and the body whorl three keels. The shell contains longitudinally close, thick ribs. The interstices show longitudinal striae. The aperture is circular and white on the inside. The conspicuously thickened peristome is five-angled.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf.

References

Liotia romalea Wikipedia