Lirabuccinum
Lirabuccinum dirum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Lirabuccinum
Vermeij, 1991[1]
Type species
Buccinum dirum Reeve, 1846

Lirabuccinum is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Lirabuccinum listed by the World Register of Marine Species include:[1]

  • Lirabuccinum dirum (Reeve, 1846)[2]
  • Lirabuccinum fuscolabiatum (E. A. Smith, 1875)[3]
  • Lirabuccinum hokkaidonis (Pilsbry, 1901)[4]
  • Lirabuccinum musculus Callomon & Lawless, 2013[5]
Species brought into synonymy
  • Lirabuccinum constrictum (Dall, 1918): synonym of Lirabuccinum fuscolabiatum (E. A. Smith, 1875)

References

  • Callomon P. & Lawless A. (2013) On the Recent members of the genus Lirabuccinum Vermeij, 1991 in the northern Pacific, with description of a new species (Gastropoda: Buccinidae). Venus 71(1-2): 13–27.


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