''Lusitanops'' is a
genus 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 ...
s, 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 ...
mollusks in the
family 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). . 39 ...
.
Description
This genus is characterized by a reticulated
sculpture, a large, inflated
body whorl
The body whorl is part of the morphology of the shell in those gastropod mollusks that possess a coiled shell. The term is also sometimes used in a similar way to describe the shell of a cephalopod mollusk.
In gastropods
In gastropods, the b ...
, a short
siphonal canal
The siphonal canal is an anatomical feature of the shells of certain groups of sea snails within the clade Neogastropoda. Some sea marine gastropods have a soft tubular anterior extension of the mantle called a siphon through which water is ...
and the lack of a sinus.
Fossils of ''
Lusitanops gigasei'' were found in
Pliocene strata at
Kallo, Belgium; age range: 6 to 2.588 Ma.
Species
Species within the genus ''Lusitanops'' include:
* ''
Lusitanops blanchardi''
(Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896)
* ''
Lusitanops bullioides''
(Sykes, 1906)
* ''
Lusitanops cingulatus''
Bouchet & Warén, 1980
* ''
Lusitanops dictyota''
Sysoev, 1997
* ''
Lusitanops expansus''
(Sars G.O., 1878)
* † ''
Lusitanops gigasei''
Marquet 1998
* ''
Lusitanops hyaloides''
(Dautzenberg, 1925)
* ''
Lusitanops lusitanicus''
(Sykes, 1906)["''Lusitanops lusitanicus'' (Sykes 1906 : Pleurotomella)". CLEMAM, accessed 3 October 2010.](_blank)
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* '' Lusitanops macrapex'' Bouchet & Warén, 1980
* '' Lusitanops sigmoideus'' Bouchet & Warén, 1980
;Species brought into synonymy:
* † ''Lusitanops bulbiformis'' Lozouet, 1999: synonym of † '' Pseudolusitanops bulbiformis'' (Lozouet, 1999) (original combination)
* ''Lusitanops cingulata'': synonym of '' Lusitanops cingulatus'' Bouchet & Warén, 1980
* ''Lusitanops expansa'' (Sars G. O., 1878): synonym of '' Lusitanops expansus'' (Sars G. O., 1878)
* ''Lusitanops lusitanica'' ic: synonym of '' Lusitanops lusitanicus'' (Sykes, 1906)
* ''Lusitanops sigmoidea'':
References
* Nordsieck F. (1968). ''Die europäischen Meeres-Gehäuseschnecken (Prosobranchia). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden und Mittelmeer''. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart VIII + 273 pp:
External links
*
Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Raphitomidae
Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online
Raphitomidae
Gastropod genera
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