Leucosyrinx verrillii
| Leucosyrinx verrillii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Subfamily: | Cochlespirinae |
| Genus: | Leucosyrinx |
| Species: | L. verrillii |
| Binomial name | |
| Leucosyrinx verrillii (Dall, 1881) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Leucosyrinx verrillii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 23 mm and 38 mm.
Distribution
This species is found in European waters along the British Isles and the Bay of Biscay, in the Atlantic Ocean along the Azores, Cape Verde, Morocco; from North Carolina to Brazil, in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Leucosyrinx verrillii (Dall, 1881). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 March 2011.
- Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1980). Revision of the North-East Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies Suppl. 8: 1-119
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 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