Iothia

Iothia
Iothia fulva shell
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:	Lottioidea
Family:	Lepetidae
Genus:	Iothia Forbes, 1849 [1]

Iothia is a genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lepetidae.

Species

The following species within the genus Iothia are recognised by the World Register of Marine Species :[1]

• Iothia albescens (Philippi, 1846) (nomen dubium)
• Iothia emarginuloides (Philippi, 1868)
• Iothia fulva (O. F. Müller, 1776)
• Iothia lindbergi McLean, 1985
• Iothia megalodon Warén, Nakano & Sellanes, 2011

Species brought into synonymy

• Iothia antarctica (E. A. Smith, 1907): synonym of Iothia emarginuloides (Philippi, 1868)
• Iothia coppingeri (E. A. Smith, 1881): synonym of Iothia emarginuloides (Philippi, 1868)
• Iothia depressa (Hedley, 1916): synonym of Nacella polaris (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841): synonym of Nacella concinna (Strebel, 1908)
• Iothia fulviformis (Egorova, 1972): synonym of Iothia emarginuloides (Philippi, 1868)
• Iothia pelseneeri (Thiele, 1912): synonym of Propilidium pelseneeri Thiele, 1912
• Iothia radiata (M. Sars, 1851): synonym of Piliscus commodus (Middendorff, 1851)

References

1. Gofas, Serge (2015). "Iothia Forbes, 1849". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 August 2017.

• Forbes, E. 1849. On the genera of British Patellacea. The Athenaeum 1145: 1018
• 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
• 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.