Lusitanops is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Lusitanops Nordsieck, 1968[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pleurotomella lusitanica Sykes, 1906
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Description edit
This genus is characterized by a reticulated sculpture, a large, inflated body whorl, a short siphonal canal and the lack of a sinus.[3]
Fossils of Lusitanops gigasei were found in Pliocene strata at Kallo, Belgium; age range: 6 to 2.588 Ma.
Species edit
Species within the genus Lusitanops include:
- Lusitanops blanchardi (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896)[4]
- Lusitanops bullioides (Sykes, 1906)[5]
- Lusitanops cingulatus Bouchet & Warén, 1980[6]
- Lusitanops dictyota Sysoev, 1997
- Lusitanops expansus (Sars G.O., 1878)[7]
- † Lusitanops gigasei Marquet 1998 [8]
- Lusitanops hyaloides (Dautzenberg, 1925)[9]
- Lusitanops lusitanicus (Sykes, 1906)[10][11]
- Lusitanops macrapex Bouchet & Warén, 1980[12]
- Lusitanops sigmoideus Bouchet & Warén, 1980[13]
- Species brought into synonymy
- † Lusitanops bulbiformis Lozouet, 1999:[14] synonym of † Pseudolusitanops bulbiformis (Lozouet, 1999) (original combination)
- Lusitanops cingulata:[15] synonym of Lusitanops cingulatus Bouchet & Warén, 1980
- Lusitanops expansa (Sars G. O., 1878):[16] synonym of Lusitanops expansus (Sars G. O., 1878)
- Lusitanops lusitanica [sic] : synonym of Lusitanops lusitanicus (Sykes, 1906)
- Lusitanops sigmoidea:[17] synonym of Lusitanops sigmoideus Bouchet & Warén, 1980
References edit
- ^ (in German) Nordsieck (1968). "Die Europaischen Meeres-Gehauseschnecken (Prosobranchia) vom Eisraeer bis Kapverden und Mittelmeer". Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart: 181.
- ^ a b Lusitanops Nordsieck, 1968. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Bouchet, Philippe, and Anders Warén. "Revision of the northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda)." Journal of Molluscan Studies 46.Supplement_8 (1980): 1-119.
- ^ Lusitanops blanchardi (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Lusitanops bullioides (Sykes, 1906). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Lusitanops cingulatus Bouchet & Warén, 1980. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Lusitanops expansus (Sars G.O., 1878). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ The Pliocene turrid gastropods of Belgium. Part 2: Conidae (genera Asthenotoma, Comarmondia, Cytharella, Mangelia, Lusitanops, Raphitoma and Philbertia). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Sciences de la Terre, 68 1998: 263-267.
- ^ Lusitanops hyaloides (Dautzenberg, 1925). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Lusitanops lusitanicus (Sykes, 1906). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ "Lusitanops lusitanicus (Sykes 1906 : Pleurotomella)". CLEMAM, accessed 3 October 2010.
- ^ Lusitanops macrapex Bouchet & Warén, 1980. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Lusitanops sigmoideus Bouchet & Warén, 1980. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ New species of gastropods (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Oligocene and Lower Miocene of Aquitaine (southwestern France). (Part 2.) Cossmanniana, 6(1-2), Decembre 1999: 1-68. 40
- ^ Lusitanops cingulata. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Lusitanops expansa (Sars G. O., 1878). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Lusitanops sigmoidea. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- Nordsieck F. (1968). Die europäischen Meeres-Gehäuseschnecken (Prosobranchia). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden und Mittelmeer. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart VIII + 273 pp:
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lusitanops.
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- 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
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