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Lirularia optabilis

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Lirularia optabilis
Drawing of a shell of Lirularia optabilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Lirularia
Species:
L. optabilis
Binomial name
Lirularia optabilis
(Carpenter, 1864)
Synonyms

Margarita (Lirularia) magna T. Oldroyd, 1920

Lirularia optabilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1][2]

This extinct marine species is only known from Pleistocene assemblages of Southern California.

References

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  1. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Lirularia optabilis (Carpenter, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=528719 on 2012-11-23
  2. ^ Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26
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