Liostomia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2][3]

Liostomia
Drawing of a shell of Liostomia clavula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subcohort: Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Liostomia
G.O. Sars, 1878
Type species
Liostomia eburnea Stimpson, W., 1851
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Cremula Iredale, 1915
  • Liostomia (Cryptopolyptychia) Gougerot, 1968 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Odostomia (Liostomia) G. O. Sars, 1878

Species

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Species within the genus Liostomia include:[1]

The following species were brought into synonymy:'[1]
  • Liostomia afzelli Warén, 1991: synonym of Liostomia afzelii Warén, 1991
  • Liostomia clavulus [sic]: synonym of Liostomia clavula (Lovén, 1846) (specific name incorrectly spelled)
  • Liostomia wareni Schander, 1994: synonym of Odostomia wareni (Schander, 1994)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Liostomia G.O. Sars, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138408 on 2011-10-26
  2. ^ Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
  3. ^ Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
  4. ^ Gastropods.com: Liostomia electa
  5. ^ Fritz Nordsieck, Fritz Nordsieck, Die europäischen Meeresschnecken, ed. G. Fischer, 1972, de University of California, ISBN 3-437-20098-4
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