Lirabuccinum

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Lirabuccinum
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Lirabuccinum dirum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Tudiclidae
Genus: Lirabuccinum
Vermeij, 1991 [1]
Type species
Buccinum dirumReeve, 1846

Lirabuccinum is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tudiclidae, the true whelks. [1]

Species

Species within the genus Lirabuccinum listed by the World Register of Marine Species include: [1]

Species brought into synonymy

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