''Lirularia'' is a
genus of small
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
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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 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 Trochidae, the top snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Lirularia'' include:
* ''
Lirularia acuticostata
''Lirularia acuticostata'', common name the sharp-keeled lirularia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Lirularia acuticostata'' (Carpenter, 1864). Accessed thr ...
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(Carpenter, 1864)
* ''
Lirularia antoniae''
Rubio & Rolán, 1997
* † ''
Lirularia aresta''
(Berry, 1941)
* ''
Lirularia bicostata''
(J. H. McLean, 1964)
* ''
Lirularia canaliculata
''Lirularia canaliculata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae.
Description
The height of this small shell measures 3 mm. It is broadly umbilicated, pearly and beautifully prismatic. The spire ...
''
(E.A. Smith, 1871)
* ''
Lirularia dereimsi
''Lirularia dereimsi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Trochidae.
Description
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off São Tomé and Príncipe and off Mauritania and Gam ...
''
(Dollfus, 1911)
* ''
Lirularia discors''
J. H. McLean, 1984
* ''
Lirularia iridescens
''Lirularia iridescens'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Bouchet, P. (2014). Lirularia iridescens (Schrenck, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www ...
''
(Schrenck, 1863)
* ''
Lirularia lirulata
''Lirularia lirulata'', common name the pearly top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Lirularia lirulata'' (Carpenter, 1864). Accessed through: World ...
''
(Carpenter, 1864)
* ''
Lirularia monodi''
(Fischer-Piette & Nicklès, 1946)
* ''
Lirularia optabilis''
(Carpenter, 1864)
* ''
Lirularia parcipicta''
(Carpenter, 1864)
* ''
Lirularia pygmaea''
(Yokoyama, 1922)
* ''
Lirularia redimita
''Lirularia redimita'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Bouchet, P. (2014). Lirularia redimita (Gould, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Speci ...
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(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
''Conotalopia minima'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Conotalopia minima'' (Golikov, 1967). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.o ...
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(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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