''Leiosyrinx apheles'' is a

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of sea snail, a marine gastropod

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in the

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Raphitomidae Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". '' Malacologia'' 47(1-2). . 3 ...

.MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Leiosyrinx apheles Bouchet & Sysoev, 2001. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434199 on 2019-07-24

Description

The length of the shell attains 25.6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species was found in deep water off

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References

* Bouchet, P. & Sysoev, A., 2001. ''Typhlosyrinx-like tropical deep-water turriform gastropods (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Conoidea).'' Journal of Natural History 35: 1693-1715

External links

MNHN, Paris: holotype

Gastropods.com: ''Leiosyrinx apheles''
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Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
apheles Gastropods described in 2001 {{Raphitomidae-stub