Leucosyrinx lancea

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

Leucosyrinx lancea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Leucosyrinx
Species:
L. lancea
Binomial name
Leucosyrinx lancea
Lee, 2001

Description

The length of the shell attains 40 mm.

Distribution

This bathyal species occurs off the Pratas Islands, South China Sea

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References

  1. Leucosyrinx lancea Lee, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
  • Lee Y.-C. 2001. Two new bathyal turrids (Gastropoda: Turridae) from West Pacific. Memoir, Malacological Society of Taiwan, 1: 7–9.


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