Lirularia dereimsi

Last updated

Lirularia dereimsi
Lirularia dereimsi (MNHN-IM-2000-5993).jpeg
Shells of Lirularia dereimsi (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Lirularia
Species:
L. dereimsi
Binomial name
Lirularia dereimsi
(Dollfus G.F., 1911)
Synonyms [1]

Solariella dereimsiDollfus, 1911

Lirularia dereimsi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae. [1]

Contents

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off São Tomé and Príncipe and off Mauritania and Gambia.

Related Research Articles

Geography of São Tomé and Príncipe

São Tomé and Príncipe is a small nation composed of an archipelago located in the Gulf of Guinea of the equatorial Atlantic Ocean. The nation's main islands are São Tomé Island and Príncipe Island, for which the country is named. These are located about 300 and 250 kilometres, respectively, off the northwest coast of Gabon in Central Africa. The nation's geographic coordinates are a latitude of 1°00′N and a longitude of 7°00′E.

Transport in São Tomé and Príncipe relies primarily on road infrastructure for local needs and airports and sea travel for international needs. São Tomé and Príncipe does not have railways.

Príncipe

Príncipe is the smaller, northern major island of the country of São Tomé and Príncipe lying off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea. It has an area of 142 square kilometres (55 sq mi) and a population of 7,324 at the 2012 Census; the latest official estimate was 8,420. The island is a heavily eroded volcano speculated to be over three million years old, surrounded by smaller islands including Ilheu Bom Bom, Ilhéu Caroço, Tinhosa Grande and Tinhosa Pequena. Part of the Cameroon Line archipelago, Príncipe rises in the south to 947 metres at Pico do Príncipe. The island is the main constituent of the Autonomous Region of Príncipe, established in 1995, and of the coterminous district of Pagué.

<i>Crassispira sacerdotalis</i> Species of gastropod

Crassispira sacerdotalis is a species of small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.

Teinostoma fernandesi is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Tornidae.

Teinostoma funiculatum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Tornidae.

São Tomé and Príncipe Country in the Gulf of Guinea

São Tomé and Príncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, is an island country in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa. It consists of two archipelagos around the two main islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, about 140 km (87 mi) apart and about 250 and 225 km off the northwestern coast of Gabon.

<i>Agathotoma finalis</i> Species of gastropod

Agathotoma finalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. It was first described in 1992.

<i>Lirularia canaliculata</i> Species of gastropod

Lirularia canaliculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae.

<i>Clanculus corallinus</i> Species of gastropod

Clanculus corallinus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

Clanculus mariaemaris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

<i>Steromphala umbilicaris</i> Species of mollusc

Steromphala umbilicaris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

Jujubinus augustoi is an endemic species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

Rissoina punctostriata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.

<i>Lirularia</i> Genus of gastropods

Lirularia is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Umboniinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.

<i>Leucorhynchia punctata</i> Species of gastropod

Leucorhynchia punctata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.

<i>Phorcus turbinatus</i> Species of gastropod

Phorcus turbinatus, common name the turbinate monodont, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

Lirularia antoniae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

<i>Clanculus spadiceus</i> Species of gastropod

Clanculus spadiceus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

The following is a timeline of the capital city of São Tomé as well as Água Grande District in the island of São Tomé. São Tomé and Príncipe.

References

  1. 1 2 Lirularia dereimsi (Dollfus, 1911) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 18 December 2018.