Lusitanops hyaloides

Lusitanops hyaloides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Lusitanops hyaloides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Lusitanops
Species:
L. hyaloides
Binomial name
Lusitanops hyaloides
(Dautzenberg, 1925)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma hyaloides Dautzenberg, 1925

Description

The length of the shell attains 17 mm.

The shell of this species is pyramidal in shape, and rounded, with a pronounced siphonal mouth.[2]

Distribution

This species is found in the Western Mediterranean.[2] and off the Azores.

References

  • Dautzenberg, 1925) Dautzenberg P. (1925). Mollusques nouveaux provenant des croisières du Prince Albert Ier de Monaco. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique de Monaco 457: 1-12
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
  • Gastropods.com: Lusitanops hyaloides


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