Leucosyrinx subgrundifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids.[1]
| Leucosyrinx subgrundifera | |
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| Shell of Leucosyrinx subgrundifera (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Leucosyrinx |
| Species: | L. subgrundifera
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucosyrinx subgrundifera (Dall, 1888)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pleurotoma (Leucosyrinx) subgrundifera Dall, 1888 | |
Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 34 mm.
The sharp keel is bent away from the spire and is bent instead towards the siphonal canal.[2]
Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off North Carolina to Florida, USA, and off Yucatán, Mexico.
References edit
- ^ a b Leucosyrinx subgrundifera (Dall, 1888). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
- ^ W.H. Dall (1888) Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College v. 15 (1888) p. 66
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Leucosyrinx subgrundifera.
- Rosenberg G., Moretzsohn F. & García E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
- Gastropods.com: Leucosyrinx subgrundifera
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
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