Austroliotia
Encyclopedia
Austroliotia is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Liotiidae
.
of the temperate coastal waters of Australia
and Tasmania
.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Liotiidae
Liotiidae
Liotiidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda .- 2005 taxonomy :...
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Distribution
They can be found under stones in the intertidal zoneIntertidal zone
The intertidal zone is the area that is above water at low tide and under water at high tide . This area can include many different types of habitats, with many types of animals like starfish, sea urchins, and some species of coral...
of the temperate coastal waters of Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
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Species
According to the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database, the genus Austroliotia consists of the following species with names in current use- Austroliotia australis (Kiener, 1839)
- Austroliotia botanica (Hedley, 1915)
- Austroliotia darwinensis (Laseron, 1958)
- Austroliotia densilineata (Tate, 1899)
- Austroliotia pulcherrima (Reeve, 1843)
- Austroliotia saxa (Laseron, 1954)
- Austroliotia scalaris (Hedley, 1903)