Iothia
Sign in to saveIothia is a genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lepetidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNacellida
- FamilyLepetidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 42
- Family
- Lepetidae
- Collections
- USNM, SIO, ALMNH, SBMNH, CMC
- Recorded in
- Argentina, Costa Rica, United States, Antarctica, Egypt, Czech Republic
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- taxon name
- Iothia
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- genus
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- Iothia
- taxon author citation
- Forbes, 1849
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Iothia is a genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lepetidae.
==Species== The following species within the genus Iothia are recognised by the World Register of Marine Species : Iothia albescens (Philippi, 1846) (nomen dubium) Iothia emarginuloides (Philippi, 1868) Iothia fulva (O. F. Müller, 1776) Iothia lindbergi McLean, 1985 Iothia megalodon Warén, Nakano & Sellanes, 2011 Species brought into synonymy: Iothia antarctica (E. A. Smith, 1907): synonym of Iothia emarginuloides (Philippi, 1868) Iothia coppingeri (E. A. Smith, 1881): synonym of Iothia emarginuloides (Philippi, 1868) Iothia depressa (Hedley, 1916): synonym of Nacella polaris (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841): synonym of Nacella concinna (Strebel, 1908) Iothia fulviformis (Egorova, 1972): synonym of Iothia emarginuloides (Philippi, 1868) Iothia pelseneeri (Thiele, 1912): synonym of Propilidium pelseneeri Thiele, 1912 Iothia radiata (M. Sars, 1851): synonym of Piliscus commodus (Middendorff, 1851)
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