Liroceratia

Liroceratia is a genus of very small, somewhat amphibious land snails that have a gill and an operculum, semi-terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusk in the family Iravadiidae.[2]

Liroceratia
Liroceratia sulcata (Boettger, 1893)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Iravadiidae
Genus:
Liroceratia

Ponder, 1984[1]
Type species
Cingula sulcata O. Boettger, 1893

Species

Species within the genus Liroceratia include:

  • Liroceratia sulcata (Boettger, 1893)
  • Liroceratia truncata (Garrett, 1873)

References
  1. Ponder W. (1984). Malacologia 25(1): 58.
  2. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Liroceratia Ponder, 1984. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=535776 on 2012-08-14


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