Leucosyrinx taludana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Leucosyrinx taludana
Shell of Leucosyrinx taludana (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Leucosyrinx
Species:
L. taludana
Binomial name
Leucosyrinx taludana
Castellanos & Landoni, 1993

Description edit

The length of the shell attains 23 mm.

Distribution edit

This marine species occurs off Argentina and the Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, South Atlantic Ocean

References edit

  • Castellanos, ZA de, N. Landoni, and J. R. Dadón. "1993." Catálogo descriptivo de la malacofauna marina magallánica. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas, Buenos Aires 2 (1988).
  • Linse, Katrin. "Mollusca of the Magellan region. A checklist of the species and their distribution." Scientia Marina 63.S1 (1999): 399-407.

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