Lirularia optabilis

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Lirularia optabilis
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Drawing of a shell of Lirularia optabilis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Lirularia
Species:
L. optabilis
Binomial name
Lirularia optabilis
(Carpenter, 1864)
Synonyms

Margarita (Lirularia) magnaT. 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.

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Trochidae Family of snails

The Trochidae, common name top-snails or top-shells, are a taxonomic family of very small to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda.

<i>Gibbula</i> Genus of gastropods

Gibbula is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.

<i>Vexitomina</i>

Vexitomina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Horaiclavidae.

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

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

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

<i>Lirularia</i> Genus of gastropods

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

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

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

Lirularia acuticostata, common name the sharp-keeled lirularia, 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.

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

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

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

Lirularia lirulata, common name the pearly top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

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

Lirularia parcipicta, common name the few-spot lirularia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

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

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

Lirularia succincta, common name the tucked lirularia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

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

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

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

Lirularia redimita is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

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

<i>Awateria optabilis</i> Species of mollusk

Awateria optabilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.

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