''Leucosyrinx luzonica'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Pseudomelatomidae
Pseudomelatomidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea (previously Conacea) and part of the Neogastropoda ( Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
In 1995 Kantor elevated the subfamily Pseudomelatomina ...
, the turrids and allies.
[MolluscaBase (2018). Leucosyrinx luzonica (Powell, 1969). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1259199 on 2018-11-24]
Description
The length of the shell attains 47.4 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Luzon Island, the
Philippines at a depth of 1719 m.
References
* Powell, A.W.B. 1969. ''The family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part. 2. The subfamily Turriculinae''. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 2(10): 207–415, pls 188–324
* Lee Y.-C. 2001. ''Two new bathyal turrids (Gastropoda: Turridae) from West Pacific''. Memoir, Malacological Society of Taiwan, 1: 7–9.
External links
Gastropods.com: ''Comitas luzonica''*
Kantor Yu.I., Fedosov A.E. & Puillandre N. (2018). ''New and unusual deep-water Conoidea revised with shell, radula and DNA characters''. Ruthenica. 28(2): 47-82Specimen at MNHN, Paris*
Biolib.cz: ''Comitas luzonica''
luzonica
Gastropods described in 1969
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