Lucerapex | |
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Shell of Lucerapex cracens (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Turridae |
Genus: | Lucerapex Wenz, 1943 |
Type species | |
Pleurotoma caseariaHedley & Petterd, 1906 | |
Species | |
See text | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Mitromorpha (Lovellona)Iredale, 1917 |
Lucerapex is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids. [1]
This marine genus has a wide Indo-West Pacific distribution. Fossils have been in Quaternary strata on Timor and Indonesia and Miocene strata in South Australia and New Zealand
Species within the genus Lucerapex include:
Turrid, plural turrids, is a common name for a very large group of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks which until recently were all classified in the family Turridae. However, recently the family was discovered to be polyphyletic and therefore was split into a number of families.
Comitas is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Lucerapex denticulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.
Cryptogemma aethiopica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.
Cryptogemma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.
Gemmuloborsonia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae.
Iotyrris is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.
Lophiotoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.
Turris is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.
Xenuroturris is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.
Austrodaphnella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
Exomilus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
Pagodidaphne is a small genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
Horaiclavus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Horaiclavidae.
Paradrillia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Horaiclavidae.
Pseudexomilus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Horaiclavidae.
Turridrupa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.
Turridae is a taxonomic family name for a number of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
Leucosyrinx luzonica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.
Cryptogemma unilineata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.