Austroliotia scalaris, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae. Liotiids are commonly known as wheel shells.
Description The size of the shell varies between 5 mm and 8 mm and the height of the shell is equal to its width.
Distribution This marine species is endemic to Australia. It occurs off Queensland and New South Wales, from Fraser Island in Queensland, to Brush Island in southern New South Wales.
Footnotes
References Hedley, C. 1903. Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. "Thetis" off the coast of New South Wales in February and March, 1898, pt. 6. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 4(1): 326–402 (as Liotia tasmanica var. scalaris) Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 Jenkins, B.W. 1984. Southern Australian Liotiidae. Australian Shell News 47: 3–5 Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp
External links
Austroliotia scalaris : images from the Atlas of Living Australia