Leucosyrinx subgrundifera
| Leucosyrinx subgrundifera | |
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| Shell of Leucosyrinx subgrundifera (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Leucosyrinx |
| Species: | L. subgrundifera
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucosyrinx subgrundifera (Dall, 1888)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pleurotoma (Leucosyrinx) subgrundifera Dall, 1888 | |
Leucosyrinx subgrundifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 34 mm.
The sharp keel is bent away from the spire and is bent instead towards the siphonal canal.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off North Carolina to Florida, USA, and off Yucatán, Mexico.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Leucosyrinx subgrundifera (Dall, 1888). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
- ^ W.H. Dall (1888) Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College v. 15 (1888) p. 66
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Leucosyrinx subgrundifera.
- Rosenberg G., Moretzsohn F. & García E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
- Gastropods.com: Leucosyrinx subgrundifera
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
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