Species
Lirabuccinum dirum (Dire whelk)
Lirabuccinum dirum. Photo: (c) aaronbaldwin, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Lirabuccinum dirum, commonly known as the dire whelk, the spindle shell or the spindle whelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks. It used to be known as Searlesia dira and Buccinum dirum before being transferred to the genus Lirabuccinum.
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