NEOMPHALIDA McLean, 1990
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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2021.1923851 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5496866 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A8E050-FFB5-FF85-1385-A0D4FC13A999 |
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NEOMPHALIDA McLean, 1990 |
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Order NEOMPHALIDA McLean, 1990 View in CoL
Superfamily NEOMPHALOIDEA McLean, 1981 View in CoL Family PELTOSPIRIDAE McLean, 1989 View in CoL Lirapex Warén and Bouchet, 1989 View in CoL
Type species
Lirapex humatus Warén and Bouchet, 1989 View in CoL (by original designation).
Diagnosis
Small- to medium-sized (<5 mm) coiled peltospirid snails with skeneiform shells. Shell sculpture ranging from smooth to carrying distinct axial sculpture that is strongest at shoulder and umbilicus. Protoconch with distinct spiral ridges on the posterior part that disappear towards the anterior half. Radula with hook-like marginals. Thin and transparent multispiral operculum present. Sexes separate. Cephalic tentacles smooth, not modified into copulatory organ. Snout of even breadth. Epipodial tentacle only present around opercular attachment ( Warén and Bouchet 1989, 2001; Chen et al. 2017a).
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NEOMPHALIDA McLean, 1990
Chen, Chong, Han, Yuru, Copley, Jonathan T. & Zhou, Yadong 2021 |
PELTOSPIRIDAE
McLean 1989 |
Lirapex Warén and Bouchet, 1989
Waren and Bouchet 1989 |
NEOMPHALOIDEA
McLean 1981 |