Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Caenogastropoda incertae sedis > Superfamily Cerithioidea > Family Litiopidae

Litiopa Rang, 1829

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Abaconia*	Clench, 1938	synonym
*Bombyxinus*	Bélanger, 1833	synonym
*Leptinaria (Abaconia)*	Clench, 1938	synonym

Children

Litiopa melanostoma Rang, 1829

Literature

original description	Rang, S. (1829). Notice sur le Litiope, Litiopa, genre nouveau de Mollusque gastéropode. Annales des Sciences Naturelles. 16: 303-307.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Litiopa Rang, 1829. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138134