Leucosyrinx equatorialis

Leucosyrinx equatorialis
	Original image of a shell of Leucosyrinx equatorialis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Leucosyrinx
Species:	L. equatorialis
Binomial name
	Leucosyrinx equatorialis; (Dall, 1919)
Synonyms
	Lora equatorialisDall, 1919

Last updated February 04, 2025

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

Description

The length of the shel attains 13.5 mm, its diameter 6 mm.

(Original description) The white shell is rather solid, with about six shouldered whorls. The apex is eroded. The suture is distinct, slightly constricted and appressed. The axial sculpture consists of about 14 rounded ribs nearly reaching the siphonal canal with subequal interspaces. Incremental lines are inconspicuous. The spiral sculpture consists of uniform spiral grooves with wider flattish interspaces, cutting the tops of the ribs. The aperture is short and simple. The inner lip is callous. The short siphonal canal is recurved.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Ecuador to Southern Chile

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References

1 2 Leucosyrinx equatorialis (Dall, 1919) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
↑ Dall (1919) Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean; Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, vol. 56 pp. 1–86, 24 pls (1920) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

External links

Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 Leucosyrinx equatorialis (Dall, 1919) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.

[2] Dall (1919) Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean; Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, vol. 56 pp. 1–86, 24 pls (1920) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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