Litiopa
{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Litiopa limnophysa.jpg
| image_caption = Litiopa limnophysa
| taxon = Litiopa
| authority = Rang, 1829
| synonyms =
- Abaconia Clench, 1938
- Bombyxinus Bélanger in Lesson, 1834
- †Buccinopsis Deshayes, 1865
- Leptinaria (Abaconia) Clench, 1938
}}
Litiopa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Litiopidae.{{WRMS species|138134|Litiopa Rang, 1829||24 Mar 2025}}
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Litiopa:
- †Litiopa acuminata (Baudon, 1853)
- †Litiopa alnensis Cossmann, 1907
- †Litiopa insolita (Deshayes, 1865)
- Litiopa limnophysa Melvill & Standen, 1896
- Litiopa melanostoma (Rang, 1829)
- Litiopa nipponica Kuroda & Kawamoto, 1956
- †Litiopa punctulifera Tate, 1894
- †Litiopa texana Garvie, 1996
- Litiopa tumescens (Thiele, 1925)
- †Litiopa turriculata (Cossmann, 1896)
;Former species:
- Litiopa bucciniformis Hornung & Mermod, 1926 - synonymized with Bittium proteum (Jousseaume, 1931)
- Litiopa effusa C. B. Adams, 1850 - synonymized with Monoplex pilearis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Litiopa obesa C. B. Adams, 1850 - synonymized with Gutturnium muricinum (Röding, 1798)
- Litiopa saxicola C. B. Adams, 1852 - synonymized with Elachisina saxicola (C. B. Adams, 1852)
References
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- 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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Category:Monotypic gastropod genera
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