Lusitanops

Lusitanops
Shell and protoconch of Lusitanops lusitanicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Lusitanops
Nordsieck, 1968[1]
Type species
Pleurotomella lusitanica
Sykes, 1906
Species

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Lusitanops is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.[2]

Description

This genus is characterized by a reticulated sculpture, a large, inflated body whorl, a short siphonal canal and the lack of a sinus.[3]

Fossils of Lusitanops gigasei were found in Pliocene strata at Kallo, Belgium; age range: 6 to 2.588 Ma.

Species

Species within the genus Lusitanops include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. ^ (in German) Nordsieck (1968). "Die Europaischen Meeres-Gehauseschnecken (Prosobranchia) vom Eisraeer bis Kapverden und Mittelmeer". Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart: 181.
  2. ^ a b Lusitanops Nordsieck, 1968. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  3. ^ Bouchet, Philippe, and Anders Warén. "Revision of the northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda)." Journal of Molluscan Studies 46.Supplement_8 (1980): 1-119.
  4. ^ Lusitanops blanchardi (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  5. ^ Lusitanops bullioides (Sykes, 1906). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  6. ^ Lusitanops cingulatus Bouchet & Warén, 1980. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  7. ^ Lusitanops expansus (Sars G.O., 1878). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  8. ^ The Pliocene turrid gastropods of Belgium. Part 2: Conidae (genera Asthenotoma, Comarmondia, Cytharella, Mangelia, Lusitanops, Raphitoma and Philbertia). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Sciences de la Terre, 68 1998: 263-267.
  9. ^ Lusitanops hyaloides (Dautzenberg, 1925). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  10. ^ Lusitanops lusitanicus (Sykes, 1906). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  11. ^ "Lusitanops lusitanicus (Sykes 1906 : Pleurotomella)". CLEMAM, accessed 3 October 2010.
  12. ^ Lusitanops macrapex Bouchet & Warén, 1980. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  13. ^ Lusitanops sigmoideus Bouchet & Warén, 1980. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  14. ^ New species of gastropods (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Oligocene and Lower Miocene of Aquitaine (southwestern France). (Part 2.) Cossmanniana, 6(1-2), Decembre 1999: 1-68. 40
  15. ^ Lusitanops cingulata. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  16. ^ Lusitanops expansa (Sars G. O., 1878). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  17. ^ Lusitanops sigmoidea. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  • Nordsieck F. (1968). Die europäischen Meeres-Gehäuseschnecken (Prosobranchia). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden und Mittelmeer. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart VIII + 273 pp:
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