Lirobarleeia Explained

Lirobarleeia is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Barleeiidae.

Species

Species within the genus Lirobarleeia include:

• Lirobarleeia albolirata (Carpenter, 1864)
• Lirobarleeia brami Faber & Moolenbeek, 2004
• Lirobarleeia chiriquiensis (Olsson & McGinty, 1958)
• Lirobarleeia clarionensis (Bartsch, 1911)
• Lirobarleeia deboeri (De Jong & Coomans, 1988)
• Lirobarleeia elata Gofas, 1995
• Lirobarleeia electrina (Carpenter, 1864)
• Lirobarleeia galapagensis (Bartsch, 1911)
• Lirobarleeia gradata (d'Orbigny, 1842)
• Lirobarleeia granti (Strong, 1938)
• Lirobarleeia herrerae (Baker, Hanna & Strong, 1930)
• Lirobarleeia hoodensis (Bartsch, 1911)
• Lirobarleeia ingrami (Hertlein & Strong, 1951)
• Lirobarleeia kelseyi (Dall & Bartsch, 1902)
• Lirobarleeia lara (Bartsch, 1911)
• Lirobarleeia lirata (Carpenter, 1857)
• Lirobarleeia nemo (Bartsch, 1911)
• Lirobarleeia perlata (Mörch, 1860)
• Lirobarleeia pupoides Gofas, 1995
• Lirobarleeia sublaevis Gofas, 1995

Taxon inquirendum

• Lirobarleeia veleronis (Hertlein & Strong, 1939)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Lirobarleeia nigrescens (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939): synonym of Lirobarleeia galapagensis (Bartsch, 1911)

References

• Hertz J. & Ponder W.F., 1996. Lirobarleeia Ponder, 1983 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): proposed designation of Alvania nigrescens Bartsch & Rehder, 1939 as the type species. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 53(case 2935):171-172.