''Lirularia'' is a
genus
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of small
sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the subfamily
Umboniinae
The Trochidae, common name top-snails or top-shells, are a family of various sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subclass Vetigastropoda. This family is commonly known as the top-snails because in many species the shell resembles ...
of the
family
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Trochidae
The Trochidae, common name top-snails or top-shells, are a family of various sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subclass Vetigastropoda. This family is commonly known as the top-snails because in many species the shell resembles ...
, the top snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Lirularia'' include:
* ''
Lirularia acuticostata''
(Carpenter, 1864)
* ''
Lirularia antoniae''
Rubio & Rolán, 1997
* † ''
Lirularia aresta''
(Berry, 1941)
* ''
Lirularia bicostata''
(J. H. McLean, 1964)
* ''
Lirularia canaliculata''
(E.A. Smith, 1871)
* ''
Lirularia dereimsi''
(Dollfus, 1911)
* ''
Lirularia discors
''Lirularia discors'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Lirularia discors'' J. H. McLean, 1984. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www. ...
''
J. H. McLean, 1984
* ''
Lirularia iridescens''
(Schrenck, 1863)
* ''
Lirularia lirulata''
(Carpenter, 1864)
* ''
Lirularia monodi''
(Fischer-Piette & Nicklès, 1946)
* ''
Lirularia optabilis''
(Carpenter, 1864)
* ''
Lirularia parcipicta''
(Carpenter, 1864)
* ''
Lirularia pygmaea''
(Yokoyama, 1922)
* ''
Lirularia redimita''
(Gould, 1861)
* ''
Lirularia succincta''
(Carpenter, 1864)
* ''
Lirularia yamadana''
(E. A. Smith, 1875)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Lirularia minima''
(Golikov, in Golikov & Scarlato, 1967): synonym of ''
Conotalopia minima''
(Golikov, 1967)
References
* Rubio F. & Rolán E. 1997. ''Una nueva especie de Lirularia (Gastropoda: Trochidae) de las islas de São Tomé y Príncipe''. Iberus 15 (1): 23-29
* Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) ''Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan''. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp
External links
Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) ''Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined''. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506
Gastropod genera
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