Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Buccinoidea > Family Buccinidae > Subfamily Liomesinae > Genus Liomesus

Liomesus ovum (W. Turton, 1825)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Liomesus*	W. Stimpson, 1865	accepted genus name
*Buccinopsis*	Jeffreys, 1867	junior homonym

Species group names

*Buccinum ovum*	W. Turton, 1825	synonym
*Halia flemingiana*	MacGillivray, 1843	synonym
*Tritonium eburneum*	M. Sars, 1851	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: almindelig konk

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Liomesus ovum (W. Turton, 1825). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138912