''Lirabuccinum'' is a
genus of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s, marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
Species
Species within the genus ''Lirabuccinum'' listed by the
World Register of Marine Species include:
* ''
Lirabuccinum dirum
''Lirabuccinum dirum'', commonly known as the dire whelk, the spindle shell or the spindle whelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks. It used to be known as ''Searlesia dira'' and ''Bu ...
''
(Reeve, 1846)
* ''
Lirabuccinum fuscolabiatum''
(E. A. Smith, 1875)
* ''
Lirabuccinum hokkaidonis''
(Pilsbry, 1901)
* ''
Lirabuccinum musculus''
Callomon & Lawless, 2013
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Lirabuccinum constrictum''
(Dall, 1918): synonym of ''Lirabuccinum fuscolabiatum''
(E. A. Smith, 1875)
References
* Callomon P. & Lawless A. (2013) On the Recent members of the genus Lirabuccinum Vermeij, 1991 in the northern Pacific, with description of a new species (Gastropoda: Buccinidae). Venus 71(1-2): 13–27.
Buccinidae
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