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Lodderia
Sign in to saveLodderia is a genus of minute sea snails or micromolluscs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Skeneidae. This genus belonged previously to the family Liotiidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderTrochida
- FamilySkeneidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 18
- Family
- Skeneidae
- Collections
- TMAG, MAGNT, USNM, AM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Australia, Thailand, United States, Oman, Indonesia
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Turbinidae
- Image
- Lodderia novemcarinata 001.jpg
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- Lodderia
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- Category:Lodderia
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Lodderia is a genus of minute sea snails or micromolluscs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Skeneidae. This genus belonged previously to the family Liotiidae.
==Description== The shell has a depressed turbinate shape and a deep umbilicus. The sculpture consists of a number of spiral keels. The circular aperture is oblique and shows a prominent varix. The peristome is continuous. The white operculum is multispiral with a central nucleus.
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