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Liotina (Austroliotia) botanica

Gastropoda - Liotiidae

Taxonomy
Liotia botanica was named by Hedley (1915) [DISTRIBUTION: Holocene-Recent; west Pacific.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Austroliotia.

It was recombined as Liotina (Austroliotia) botanica by Cotton (1948), Ladd (1966).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. pseudodiscoidea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Liotia botanica Hedley
1948Liotina (Austroliotia) botanica Cotton p. 31
1966Liotina (Austroliotia) botanica Ladd p. 46

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyLiotiidaeGray 1850
subfamilyLiotiinaeGray 1850
genusLiotinaCotton 1948
subgenusAustroliotia
speciesbotanica(Hedley 1915)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:47:46
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:47:46
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available