Lusitanops hyaloides

Lusitanops hyaloides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Lusitanops
Species:
L. hyaloides
Binomial name
Lusitanops hyaloides
(Dautzenberg, 1925)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma hyaloides Dautzenberg, 1925

Lusitanops hyaloides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 17 mm.

The shell of this species is pyramidal in shape, and rounded, with a pronounced siphonal mouth.[2]

Distribution

This species is found in the Western Mediterranean.[2] and off the Azores.

References

  1. ^ a b Lusitanops hyaloides (Dautzenberg, 1925). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. ^ a b ":: Conchiglie del Mediterraneo ::".
  • Dautzenberg, 1925) Dautzenberg P. (1925). Mollusques nouveaux provenant des croisières du Prince Albert Ier de Monaco. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique de Monaco 457: 1-12


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