Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Liotiidae Scientific name Liotina crenata | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Trochoidea Subfamily Liotiinae Rank Species | |
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Liotina crenata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.
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Description
The diameter of the shell is 15 mm. The depressed shell has a turbinate shape. The spire whorls are somewhat exserted, all showing a pair of peripheral keels, which are strongly, or subsipinosely crenulated. The whorls are encircled by a spiral series of granules above. The base of the shell is smooth. The umbilicus is of a moderate size, defined by a riblet. The peristome is strongly crenately varicose. The color of the shell is whitish, stained with chestnut.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Aldabra Atoll; in the Pacific off the Philippines.
References
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