Liotella annulata facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Liotella annulata
Drawing with two views of a shell of Liotella annulata
Scientific classification
Synonyms
Liotia annulata Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1879

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

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.

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