''Lucerapex schepmani'' 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 Turridae
Turridae is a taxonomic family name for a number of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. MolluscaBase (2018). Turridae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Specie ...
, the turrids.
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
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''schepmani'' is in honor of Dutch malacologist
Mattheus Marinus Schepman
Mattheus Marinus Schepman (17 August 1847 – 19 November 1919) was a Dutch malacologist. He was one of the foremost collectors of mollusc shells in the Netherlands, and was also high on the overall list of European collectors.
Dutch collectors ...
.
Description
The length of the shell attains 9.5 mm.
This species was originally described by M.M. Schepman as one specimen out of ten ''Surcula variabilis'', but redescribed by T. Shuto.
Schepman, 1913. The prosobranchia of the Siboga expedition. Part IV -V - VI: Toxoglossa
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Ceram Sea, Indonesia.
References
External links
Shuto, Tsugio. "Taxonomical notes on the turrids of the Siboga-Collection originally described by MM Schepman, 1913 (Part II)." Venus (Japanese Journal of Malacology) 29.2 (1970): 37-_53.
schepmani
Gastropods described in 1970
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