Liotiidae

The head of the animal is proboscidiform. The epipodial line has a pair of conical lobes and three pairs of cirri. The white shell has a turbiniform or discoidal shape. It shows longitudinal ribs or is clathrate. The shell shows a fine lamellar sculpture. The circular aperture is feebly nacreous. The thick peristome is continuous and shows a callous varix. The multispiral operculum is hispid, corneous and has a soft, calcareous outer layer (intritacalx) formed of pearly beads that are disposed spirally. == Taxonomy ==

2005 taxonomy The family Liotiidae belongs to the superfamily Turbinoidea, according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). This family consists of the three following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005): • Liotiinae Gray, 1850 - synonym: Cyclostrematidae P. Fischer, 1885; McLean (1987) ranked it as subfamily of Turbinidae. • † Brochidiinae Yochelson, 1956 • † Dichostasiinae Yochelson, 1956 2008 taxonomy Liotiidae was moved to the redefined superfamily Trochoidea according to Williams et al. (2008). == Genera ==

Genera in this family include: ;subfamily Liotiinae • Austroliotia Cotton, 1948 • Bathyliotina Habe, 1961 • Circumstella Laseron, 1958 • Cithna A. Adams, 1863 • Cordarene S.-I Huang, C.-L. Chen & M.-H. Lin, 2018 • Cyclostrema Marryat, 1818 • Dentarene Iredale, 1929 • † Klebyella Gründel, 1998 • Liotia Gray, 1842 - type genus • Liotina Munier-Chalmas, 1885 • Macrarene Hertlein & Strong, 1951 • Moniliotina S.-I Huang, M.-H. Lin & C.-L. Chen, 2019 • Munditia Finlay, 1926 • Pterarene Sakurai & Habe, 1977 • Rhodinoliotia Tomlin & Shackleford, 1915 • Rufanula Barnard, 1963 ;subfamily † Dichostasiinae • † Dichostasia Yochelson, 1956 - type genus of the subfamily Dichostasiinae ;Not in a subfamily: • †Pareuchelus O. Boettger, 1907 • Rotaliotina S.-I Huang, 2023 ;Genera brought into synonymy: • Conicella Laseron, 1954: synonym of Wanganella Laseron, 1954 • Liochrysta Laseron, 1958: synonym of Pseudoliotia Tate, 1898 == References ==