Lirularia bicostata

Lirularia bicostata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Genus:	Lirularia
Species:	L. bicostata
Binomial name
Lirularia bicostata (J. H. McLean, 1964)

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

Description

The height of this small species attains 2.4 mm, its diameter 2.3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Baja California, Mexico.

References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Lirularia bicostata (J. H. McLean, 1964). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=528716 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

• J.H. McLean, New Species of Recent and Fossil West American Aspidobranch Gastropods; The Veliger, 1964

External links

• Encyclopedia of Life
• USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
• ITIS
• World Register of Marine Species