Lirularia optabilis

Lirularia optabilis
Drawing of a shell of Lirularia optabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
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

  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

External links

External identifiers for Lirularia optabilis
Encyclopedia of Life 621209
ITIS 70060
WoRMS 528719


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