Liratilia

Liratilia conquisita, copyright Te Papa Tongarewa.

Belongs within: Columbellidae.

Liratilia is a New Zealand genus of columbellids with high-spired shells with a prominent sculpture of spiral cords or keels, and a narrow, parallel-sided aperture.

<==Liratilia Finlay 1927P61
|--*L. conquisita (Suter 1907) [=Daphnella conquisita]P61
| |--L. c. conquisitaP61
| |--L. c. chathamensis Dell 1956P61
| `--L. c. nestoris Fleming 1948P61
|--L. angulata (Suter 1908)P61 [=Alcira angulataF27]
|--L. compta Powell 1930P61
|--L. elegantula Powell 1937P61
|--L. eremita (Murdoch & Suter 1906)P61 [=Pleurotoma (Leucosyrinx) eremitaF27]
|--L. gracilis Powell 1940P61
|--L. isolata Dell 1956P61
|--L. sinuata Powell 1937P61
`--L. subnodosa Powell 1934P61

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[F27] Finlay, H. J. 1927. A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 57: 320–485.

[P61] Powell, A. W. B. 1961. Shells of New Zealand: An illustrated handbook 4th ed. Whitcombe and Tombs Limited: Christchurch.

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