Lucerapex schepmani

Lucerapex schepmani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

Lucerapex schepmani
Drawing of a shell of Lucerapex schepmani
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Lucerapex
Species:
L. schepmani
Binomial name
Lucerapex schepmani
Shuto, 1970

The specific name schepmani is in honor of Dutch malacologist Mattheus Marinus Schepman.

Description

The length of the shell attains 9.5 mm.

This species was originally described by M.M. Schepman as one specimen out of ten Surcula variabilis, but redescribed by T. Shuto. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Ceram Sea, Indonesia.

References

  1. Lucerapex schepmani Shuto, 1970. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. Schepman, 1913. The prosobranchia of the Siboga expedition. Part IV -V - VI: Toxoglossa Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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