Leiosyrinx liphaima

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

Leiosyrinx liphaima
Shell of Leiosyrinx liphaima (holotype in the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Leiosyrinx
Species:
L. liphaima
Binomial name
Leiosyrinx liphaima
Bouchet & Sysoev, 2001

Description

The length of the shell attains 30.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species was found in deep water in the Coral Sea.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Leiosyrinx liphaima Bouchet & Sysoev, 2001. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434201 on 2019-07-24
  • Bouchet, P. & Sysoev, A., 2001. Typhlosyrinx-like tropical deep-water turriform gastropods (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Conoidea). Journal of Natural History 35: 1693-1715
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)


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