Lirularia optabilis

Lirularia optabilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1][2]

Lirularia optabilis
Drawing of a shell of Lirularia optabilis
Scientific classification
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) magna T. Oldroyd, 1920

This extinct marine species is only known from Pleistocene assemblages of Southern California.

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


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