Leucosyrinx subgrundifera | |
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Shell of Leucosyrinx subgrundifera (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Leucosyrinx |
Species: | L. subgrundifera
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Binomial name | |
Leucosyrinx subgrundifera (
Dall, 1888)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Pleurotoma (Leucosyrinx) subgrundifera Dall, 1888 |
Leucosyrinx subgrundifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids. [1]
The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 34 mm.
The sharp keel is bent away from the spire and is bent instead towards the siphonal canal. [2]
This marine species occurs off North Carolina to Florida, USA, and off Yucatán, Mexico.