Phasianema lirata

Phasianema lirata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Phasianema
Species:
P. lirata
Binomial name
Phasianema lirata
(A. Adams, 1860)
Synonyms[1]
  • Fossarus iwateanus Nomura & Hatai, 1935
  • Isapis lirata A. Adams, 1860
  • Phasianema phycophyllum A. N. Golikov & Kussakin, 1967

Phasianema lirata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2]

Description

(Original description in Latin) The ovoid shell is pale brown, solid, and rimate. It is ornamented with strong transverse lirae separated by simple interspaces. It consists of three whorls, the last of which is large and ovate. The aperture is elongate, tapering anteriorly to a point and slightly reflected. The inner lip is thick and arcuate, bearing a sharp tooth medially, while the outer lip is smooth internally. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Sea of Japan.

References

  1. 1 2 Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2026). "Phasianema lirata (A. Adams, 1860)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  2. ↑ Kantor Yu.I. & Sysoev A.V. (2006) Marine and brackish water Gastropoda of Russia and adjacent countries: an illustrated catalogue. Moscow: KMK Scientific Press. 372 pp. + 140 pls.
  3. ↑ Adams, A (1860). "Mollusca Japonica: New species of Aclis, Ebala, Dunkeria, &c". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3 (6): 120. Retrieved 8 August 2026. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Golikov, A. N.; Scarlato, O. A. (1967). Molluscs of the Possiet Bay (the Sea of Japan) and their ecology [Моллюски залива Посьет (Японское море) и их экология. Моллюски и их роль в биоценозах и формировании фаун]. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta AN SSSR [Труды Зоологического института АН СССР]. 42(5): 5-154.
  • Nomura, S. & Hatai, K.M. (1935) Pliocene Mollusca from the Daisyaka shell-beds in the vicinity of Daisyaka, Aomori-ken, northeast Honsyû, Japan. Saito Ho-on Kai Museum of Natural History Research Bulletin, 6, 83–142, pls. 9–13.
  • Hori, S. and H. Iizumi. 1997. Pyramidellid fauna of intertidal zone to shallow depths of Oshoro Bay, Japan sea coast on middle Hokkaido, Japan (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pyramidellidae). Bulletin of the Hokkaido National Fisheries Research Institute 61: 27-53
  • Higo, S.; Callomon, P.; Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.
  • Okutani T., ed. (2000) Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokai University Press. 1173 pp.


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