Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Superfamilia Incertae sedis: Cerithioidea
Familia: Litiopidae
Genus: Litiopa
Species (6): L. melanostoma – L. nipponica – L. tumescens – ?L. limnophysa – †L. meyeri – †L. texana
Name
Litiopa Rang, 1829
Synonyms
Abaconia
Bombyxinus
Primary references
Rang 1829: Ann. Sci. Nat., 16 (63), 306.
Litiopa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Litiopidae.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Litiopa include:
Litiopa melanostoma (Rang, 1829)[2]
Litiopa nipponica Kuroda & Kawamoto, 1956
Litiopa tumescens (Thiele, 1925)
Species brought into synonymy
Litiopa bucciniformis Hornung & Mermod, 1926: synonym of Bittium proteum (Jousseaume, 1931)
Litiopa effusa C. B. Adams, 1850: synonym of Monoplex pilearis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Litiopa obesa C. B. Adams, 1850: synonym of Gutturnium muricinum (Röding, 1798)
Litiopa saxicola C. B. Adams, 1852: synonym of Elachisina saxicola (C. B. Adams, 1852)
References
Litiopa Rang, 1829. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
Litiopa melanostoma (Rang, 1829). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
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
Bouchet P. (2002) Gone with the wind: a pelagic marine snail described as an endemic land snail from the Bahamas. The Nautilus 116(1):32-35.
Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
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