Lirularia optabilis
Appearance
Lirularia optabilis | |
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Drawing of a shell of Lirularia optabilis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Genus: | Lirularia |
Species: | L. optabilis
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Binomial name | |
Lirularia optabilis (Carpenter, 1864)
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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
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ 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
External links
[edit]- Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
- Encyclopedia of Life
- ITIS
- World Register of Marine Species