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Leucosyrinx claviforma

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Leucosyrinx claviforma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Leucosyrinx
Species:
L. claviforma
Binomial name
Leucosyrinx claviforma
(Kosuge, 1992)
Synonyms[1]

Comitas claviforma Kosuge, 1992

Leucosyrinx claviforma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Western Australia

References

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  • Kosuge, S. 1992. Report on the family Turridae collected along the north-western coast of Australia (Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo 2(10): pls 58-59, text figs 1-24
  • Sysoev, A.V. 1996. Deep-sea connoidean gastropods collected by the John Murray Expedition, 1933-34. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London (Zoology) 62(1): 1-30
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  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.