''Plicisyrinx'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

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gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...

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Pseudomelatomidae Pseudomelatomidae is a family (biology), family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea (previously Conacea) and part of the Neogastropoda (Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), Bouchet & Ro ...

Species

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

Plicisyrinx binicostata ''Plicisyrinx binicostata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. Description Distribution This marine species was discovered in the Kurile-Kamchatka Trench, in the Nor ...

'' Sysoev & Kantor, 1986 * ''

Plicisyrinx decapitata ''Plicisyrinx decapitata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. Description Distribution This marine species was found in the Kurile-Kamchatka Trench, Northern Pacific ...

'' Sysoev & Kantor, 1986 * ''

Plicisyrinx plicata ''Plicisyrinx plicata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. Description Distribution This marine species occurs off Japan Japan is an island country in East As ...

'' (Okutani, 1964) * ''

Plicisyrinx vitjazi ''Plicisyrinx vitjazi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. Description Distribution This marine species was found in the Kurile-Kamchatka Trench, Northern Pacific Oc ...

'' Sysoev & Kantor, 1986

References

External links

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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
Pseudomelatomidae Gastropod genera {{Pseudomelatomidae-stub