{"scientificNameAuthorship":"","RecordModifiedOn":"2014-10-09","CAAB_code":"24078902","phylum":"Mollusca","Notes":"Members of this genus are semi-pelagic, living associated with floating <i>Sargassum</i>, or on algae attached to floating pumice. While most species are tropical to subtropical, they can sometimes be found well outside their normal ranges due to drifting long distances with their substrate. This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to this level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.","habitat":"Marine unspecified<br>Pelagic, Epipelagic (0-200m, Oceanic)<br>","NameVerifiedSource":"Grove, S.J., 2014. The pumice-associated <i>Litiopa limnophysa</i> Melvill & Standen, 1896 (Gastropoda: Litiopidae) and two species of pearl-oyster (Bivalvia: Pteriidae: <i>Pinctada</i> Röding, 1798) drift down to Tasmania., <i>The Malacological Society of Australasia Newsletter</i>, Vol. 152: 10-11.","Parent_Id":24078000,"scientificName":"Litiopa spp.","kingdom":"Animalia","order":"[unassigned] Caenogastropoda","otherVernacularNames":"","Reference":"","vernacularName":"[a gastropod]","ChildCodes":"24078005","RecordCreatedOn":"2012-10-05","scientificNameID_WoRMS":"","family":"Litiopidae","standardName":"","class":"Gastropoda","scientificNameID_AFD":"urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:6dae1f72-800c-4ee8-88b9-c46ec707d0d2","CAAB_status":"Valid"}