Lirularia iridescens

Lirularia iridescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Subfamily: Umboniinae
Genus: Lirularia
Species: L. iridescens
Binomial name
Lirularia iridescens
(Schrenck, 1863)
Synonyms[2]
  • Homalopoma kussakini Egorov, 2000[1]
  • Trochus iridescens Schrenck, 1863 (basionym)

Lirularia iridescens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.[2]

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Description

The shell grows to a length of 9 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Northwest Pacific Ocean.

References

  1. ^ Egorov (2000). Treasure of Russian Shells 4 : 1-83. World Register of Marine Species, accessed 19 April 2010.
  2. ^ a b Lirularia iridescens (Schrenck, 1863) .  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=557003  on 2 March 2011.