Leucosyrinx pikei

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Leucosyrinx pikei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Superorder: Heterobranchia
Order: Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Leucosyrinx
Species: L. pikei
Binomial name
Leucosyrinx pikei
(Dell, 1963)
Synonyms

Waitara pikei Dell, 1963

Leucosyrinx pikei, is a species of medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae.

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[edit] Distribution

This species of Leucosyrunx is endemic to New Zealand. It is found in the North Island on the east coast north of Whangarei.

[edit] Habitat

This turrid is found at depths of about 475 m.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is of light build, narrowly fusiform, with a tall spire. The body whorl is long and narrow, tapered to a long, straight, unnotched siphonal canal.

The shell height is up to 35 mm, and width 11 mm.

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