Liamorpha

Genus of gastropods

Liamorpha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subcohort: Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Liamorpha
Pilsbry, 1898
Synonyms
  • Lia de Folin, 1873 (invalid: junior homonym of Lia Eschscholtz, 1829 [Coleoptera]; Liamorpha is a replacement name)
  • Liomorpha (incorrect original spelling of Liamorpha)

Liamorpha is a small genus of very small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks or micromollusks.[1]

This genus is currently placed in the subfamily Chrysallidinae of the family Odostomiidae.

Life history

Nothing is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As is true of most members of the Pyramidellidae sensu lato, they are most likely to be ectoparasites.

Species

  • Liamorpha decorata (de Folin, 1873)
  • Liamorpha elegans (de Folin, 1870)
  • Liamorpha gemmifera (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906)

References

  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Liamorpha. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=730720 on 2015-04-05
  • Robba E. (2013) Tertiary and Quaternary fossil pyramidelloidean gastropods of Indonesia. Scripta Geologica 144: 1-191.
Taxon identifiers
Liamorpha


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