Lirapex is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Peltospiridae.[2]

Lirapex
Shell of Lirapex costellatus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neomphaliones
Order: Neomphalida
Family: Peltospiridae
Genus: Lirapex
Warén & Bouchet, 1989[1]

Species edit

Species within the genus Lirapex include:

Synonyms
  • Lirapex costellata Warén & Bouchet, 1989: synonym of Lirapex costellatus Warén & Bouchet, 2001 (wrong grammatical agreement in original description)
  • Lirapex humata Warén & Bouchet, 1989 : synonym of Lirapex humatus Warén & Bouchet, 1989 (wrong grammatical agreement in original description)

References edit

  1. ^ Warén & Bouchet (1989). Zool. Scr. 18(1): 84.
  2. ^ Lirapex Warén & Bouchet, 1989. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  3. ^ Lirapex costellata Warén & Bouchet, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  4. ^ Lirapex granularis Warén & Bouchet, 1989. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  5. ^ Lirapex humata Warén & Bouchet, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  6. ^ Chen, Chong; Zhou, Yadong; Wang, Chunsheng; Copley, Jonathan T. (5 December 2017). "Two New Hot-Vent Peltospirid Snails (Gastropoda: Neomphalina) from Longqi Hydrothermal Field, Southwest Indian Ridge". Frontiers in Marine Science. 4: 392. doi:10.3389/fmars.2017.00392.
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

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