Biology:Litozamia

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Litozamia
Litozamia acares (MNHN-IM-2000-25086).jpeg
Shell of Litozamia acares (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Trophoninae
Genus: Litozamia
Iredale, 1929
Type species
Peristernia rudolphi Brazier, 1894

Litozamia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Trophoninae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Litozamia include:

References

  • Houart, R. (1995). The Trophoninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae) of the New Caledonia region. in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 167: 459-498

Wikidata ☰ Q6648704 entry