Strombina subenus Lirastrombina

NMITA: Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America

Strombina Morch, 1952

III. Subgenus Lirastrombina Jung, 1989.

Morphologic Description: protoconch 1 1/4 to 2 volutions; outer lip protoconch sigmoid; sculpture on early teleoconch absent; sculpture on late teleoconch present; spiral sculpture predominant; parietal ridge absent; posterior canal weak; thickness outer lip strong; outer lip weakly extended adapically; anterior canal recurved; dorsal hump absent or weak; hump to the left of aperture absent.

Species:

S.(L.) carmencita Lowe, 1935
S.(L.) colpoica Dall, 1916
S.(L.) costaricensis Olsson, 1922
S.(L.) cricamola Olsson, 1922
S.(L.) duddeleyi (Rutschi, 1942)
S.(L.) francesae J.Gibson-Smith, 1974
S.(L.) lilacina Dall, 1916
S.(L.) mareana (Weisbord, 1962)
S.(L.) marksi Hertlein & Strong, 1951
S.(L.) musanica Olsson, 1922
S.(L.) pavonina (Hinds, 1844-1845)
S.(L.) pulcherrima (G.B.Sowerby I, 1832)
S.(L.) rutschi J.Gibson-Smith, 1974
S.(L.) solidula (Reeve, 1858-1859)

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(Jung, 1989, Fig. 138.10) (Jung, 1989, Fig. 156.7)

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