Lirularia discors

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Lirularia discors
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Lirularia
Species:
L. discors
Binomial name
Lirularia discors
J. H. McLean, 1984 [1]

Lirularia discors is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. [2] [3]

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Description

The height of the shell attains 4.3 mm, its diameter also 4.3 mm.

Distribution

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

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References

  1. McLean J.H. (1984) New species of Northeast Pacific archaeogastropods. The Veliger 26(3): 233-239. (3 January 1984). World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2012-11-23.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Lirularia discors J. H. McLean, 1984. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=528717 on 2012-11-23
  3. 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