Protolira
| Protolira | |
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| Shell of Protolira valvatoides | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Protolira Waren & Bouchet, 1993 |
| Type species | |
| Protolira valvatoides Warén & Bouchet, 1993
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Protolira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae.[1]
Species[edit]
Species within the genus Protolira include:
- Protolira thorvaldssoni Warén, 1996[2]
- Protolira valvatoides Warén & Bouchet, 1993[3]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Protolira thorvaldsoni Warén, 1996: synonym of Protolira thorvaldssoni Warén, 1996
References[edit]
- ^ Protolira Waren & Bouchet, 1993. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
- ^ Protolira thorvaldssoni Warén, 1996. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
- ^ Protolira valvatoides Warén & Bouchet, 1993. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
- Warén A. & Bouchet P. (1993) New records, species, genera, and a new family of gastropods from hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps. Zoologica Scripta 22: 1-90.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213