Protolira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Protolira
Shell of Protolira valvatoides
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Protolira
Waren & Bouchet, 1993
Type species
Protolira valvatoides
Warén & Bouchet, 1993

Species

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Species within the genus Protolira include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

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  • Warén A. & Bouchet P. (1993) New records, species, genera, and a new family of gastropods from hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps. Zoologica Scripta 22: 1-90.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213