On the Recent Members of the Genus Lirabuccinum Vermeij, 1991 in the Northern Pacific, with Description of a New Species (Gastropoda: Buccinidae)

Abstract

A review is made of the Recent members of the buccinid genus Lirabuccinum Vermeij, 1991, to which is added a new species from the Yellow Sea. Placement in the genus and the family Buccinidae is confirmed on the basis of radular and animal morphology. There is a discussion of shell structure, with reference to the independent development of internal and external spiral sculpture. Lectotype selections are made for Searlesia constricta Dall, 1918, Euthria hokkaidonis Pilsbry, 1901 and E. fuscolabiata E. A. Smith, 1875.