Lirularia is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Umboniinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]

Lirularia
Drawing of a shell of Lirularia parcipicta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Lirularia
Dall, 1909[1]
Type species
Lirularia lirulata
Carpenter, P.P., 1864

Species

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Species within the genus Lirularia include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Lirularia minima (Golikov, in Golikov & Scarlato, 1967): synonym of Conotalopia minima (Golikov, 1967)

References

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  1. ^ Dall (1909). Prof. Pap. U.S. geol. Surv., No. 59: 98.
  2. ^ Lirularia Dall, 1909. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 August 2012.
  • Rubio F. & Rolán E. 1997. Una nueva especie de Lirularia (Gastropoda: Trochidae) de las islas de São Tomé y Príncipe. Iberus 15 (1): 23-29
  • Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp
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