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genus

Liomesus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Buccinidae - Whelks

Description

Shell Bucciniform, usually solid, with a short twisted canal, smooth pillar and body, the outer lip thickened but not reflected, the operculum with apical nucleus; periostracum conspicuous, often villous. {Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 24.)
TYPE. Buccinum dalei J. Sowerby.
DISTRIBUTION. Arctic, Pacific, and Atlantic.
Oldroyd, I.S. The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America. Volume II.1.
Author: Jan Delsing

Included taxa

Number of records: 4

species Liomesus ovum Turton, 1825

Liomesus ovum

species Liomesus stimpsoni W. H. Dall, 1889

Liomesus stimpsoni

species Liomesus striata Jeffreys in Thompson, 1873

Fossil taxa

species Liomesus dalei Sowerby, 1825

Liomesus dalei


Links and literature

EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1287069]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Liomesus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853]
Data retrieved on: 29 November 2019

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Explanations

extinct taxon