Lusitanops lusitanicus
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| Original image of the shell and protoconch of Lusitanops lusitanicus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Lusitanops |
| Species: | L. lusitanicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lusitanops lusitanicus (Sykes, 1906)
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Lusitanops lusitanicus[2] is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter is 3 mm.
(Original description) The shell is moderately elongate, somewhat fusiform in shape, the spire well raised. Its colour is white, the protoconch stained with chestnut. The shell contains about 7 whorls, rather flattened, with a well-marked suture. The protoconch contains 3 whorls, the first being almost smooth and the others decussated by arcuate riblets. The remaining whorls are sculptured spirally by numerous flat, broad riblets, which (under a lens) are seen to be about twice as wide as their interstices, and to be crossed by lines of growth, which give them a roughened or scabrous appearance. The body whorl is large. The aperture is somewhat squared at the base, and has no noticeable sinus. The outer lip is thin and regularly arcuate. The columella is fairly straight above, a trifle twisted at the base, and has a light callus on its lower portion.[3]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Portugal.
References
- ^ a b Lusitanops lusitanicus (Sykes, 1906). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ^ "Lusitanops lusitanicus (Sykes 1906 : Pleurotomella)". CLEMAM, accessed 3 October 2010.
- ^ Sykes E. R. (1906). "On the Mollusca procured during the "Porcupine" Expeditions 1869-1870. Supplemental notes, part 3". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 7: 173-190
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
