Higher classification Cyclostrematidae | Superfamily Trochoidea Scientific name Lodderia Rank Genus | |
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Lower classifications Lodderia eumorpha cookiana, Lodderia iota, Lodderia waitemata |
Lodderia is a genus of minute sea snails or micromolluscs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Skeneidae. This genus belonged previously to the family Liotiidae.
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Description
The shell has a depressed turbinate shape and a deep umbilicus. The sculpture consists of a number of spiral keels. The circular aperture is oblique and shows a prominent varix. The peristome is continuous. The white operculum is multispiral with a central nucleus.
Species
Species within the genus Lodderia include:
References
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