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.
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. ==Species== Species within the genus Lodderia include: Lodderia coatsiana (Melvill & Standen, 1912) Lodderia eumorpha (Suter, 1908) Lodderia eumorpha cookiana (Dell, 1952) Lodderia eumorpha eumorpha (Suter, 1908) Lodderia iota (Powell, 1940) Lodderia lodderae Petterd, 1884 † Lodderia mandulana C. Beets, 1984 Lodderia novemcarinata (Melvill, 1906) Lodderia waitemata (Powell, 1940) Species brought into synonymy: Lodderia virginiae (Jousseaume, 1872) : synonym of Cyclostrema virginiae Jousseaume, 1872 ==References== Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 GBIF
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