Austroliotia saxa

Austroliotia saxa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Liotiidae
Genus: Austroliotia
Species: A. saxa
Binomial name
Austroliotia saxa
(Laseron, 1954)
Synonyms

Liotina saxa Laseron, 1954

Austroliotia saxa, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.[1]

The database of Seashells of New South Wales considers this species a synonym of Austroliotia scalaris (Hedley, 1903) as the specimen, on which Laseron based its description of this species, was worn and had poorly developed spines and axial lamellae.[2]

Description

The height of the shell attains 8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New South Wales, Australia.

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