Lodderia is a genus of minute sea snails or micromolluscs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Skeneidae.Rosenberg, G. (2012). Lodderia. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532002 on 2012-06-21 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.Tate, R. 1899. A revision of the Australian Cyclostrematidae and Liotiidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 23(2): 213-229
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