''Lusitanops'' is a

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Raphitomidae Raphitomidae is a Family (biology), family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families" ...

Description

This genus is characterized by a reticulated

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Lusitanops gigasei ''Lusitanops gigasei'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. Its specific name derives from the paleontologist Paul Gigase, the collector of the fossil specimen designated as the holotype. D ...

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, Belgium; age range: 6 to 2.588 Ma.

Species

Species within the genus ''Lusitanops'' include: * ''

Lusitanops blanchardi ''Lusitanops blanchardi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. Description The length of the shell attains 6.7 mm, its diameter 3.7 mm. Thin shell has an ovoid shape. The spire is of mediocre length ...

'' (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896) * ''

Lusitanops bullioides ''Lusitanops bullioides'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. Description The length of the shell attains 4 mm, its diameter 2.8 mm. (Original description) The shell has an ovate fusiform shape wit ...

'' (Sykes, 1906) * ''

Lusitanops cingulatus ''Lusitanops cingulatus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae Raphitomidae is a Family (biology), family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the supe ...

'' Bouchet & Warén, 1980 * ''

Lusitanops dictyota ''Lusitanops dictyota'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.Bouchet, P. (2015). Lusitanops dictyota Sysoev, 1997. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aph ...

'' Sysoev, 1997 * ''

Lusitanops expansus ''Lusitanops expansus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. Description The length of the shell attains . Distribution This species occurs off Arctic Norway in the North Atlantic Ocean The ...

'' (Sars G.O., 1878) * † ''

'' Marquet 1998 * ''

Lusitanops hyaloides ''Lusitanops hyaloides'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. Description The length of the shell attains 17 mm. The shell of this species is pyramidal in shape, and rounded, with a pronounced sipho ...

'' (Dautzenberg, 1925) * ''

Lusitanops lusitanicus ''Lusitanops lusitanicus''

'' (Sykes, 1906)"''Lusitanops lusitanicus'' (Sykes 1906 : Pleurotomella)". CLEMAM, accessed 3 October 2010.
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Lusitanops macrapex ''Lusitanops macrapex'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae Raphitomidae is a Family (biology), family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superf ...

'' Bouchet & Warén, 1980 * ''

Lusitanops sigmoideus ''Lusitanops sigmoideus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae Raphitomidae is a Family (biology), family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the supe ...

'' Bouchet & Warén, 1980 ;Species brought into synonymy: * † ''Lusitanops bulbiformis'' Lozouet, 1999: synonym of † ''

Pseudolusitanops bulbiformis ''Pseudolusitanops bulbiformis'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Pseudolusitanops bulbiformis (Lozouet, 1999) †. Accessed through: World Register of M ...

'' (Lozouet, 1999) (original combination) * ''Lusitanops cingulata'': synonym of ''

'' Bouchet & Warén, 1980 * ''Lusitanops expansa'' (Sars G. O., 1878): synonym of ''

'' (Sars G. O., 1878) * ''Lusitanops lusitanica'' ic: synonym of ''

Lusitanops lusitanicus ''Lusitanops lusitanicus''

'' (Sykes, 1906) * ''Lusitanops sigmoidea'': synonym of ''

'' Bouchet & Warén, 1980

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 {{Raphitomidae-stub