Lucerapex

Lucerapex
	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
	Mitromorpha (Lovellona)Iredale, 1917

Last updated January 10, 2024

Lucerapex is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.^[1]

Distribution

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

Species within the genus Lucerapex include:

Lucerapex adenica Powell, 1964^[2]
Lucerapex carola (Thiele, 1925)^[3]
Lucerapex casearia (Hedley & Petterd, 1906)^[4]
Lucerapex cracens Kantor, Fedosov & Puillandre, 2018
Lucerapex denticulata (Thiele, 1925)^[5]
Lucerapex indagatoris (Finlay H.J., 1927)^[6]
Lucerapex laevicarinata Kantor, Fedosov & Puillandre, 2018
† Lucerapex murndaliana (Tenison Woods, 1879)
† Lucerapex pulcherrimus (Vella, 1954)
† Lucerapex raulini (Peyrot, 1931)
Lucerapex schepmani Shuto, 1970^[7]

Species brought into synonymy

Lucerapex angustatus(Powell, 1940):^[8] synonym of Kuroshioturris angustata (Powell, 1940)
Lucerapex laevicarinatusKantor, Fedosov & Puillandre, 2018: synonym of Lucerapex laevicarinataKantor, Fedosov & Puillandre, 2018 (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)

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References

1 2 Lucerapex Wenz, 1943 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
↑ Lucerapex adenica Powell, 1964 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
↑ Lucerapex carola (Thiele, 1925) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
↑ Lucerapex casearia (Hedley & Petterd, 1906) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
↑ Lucerapex denticulata (Thiele, 1925) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
↑ Lucerapex indagatoris (Finlay H.J., 1927) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
↑ Lucerapex schepmani Shuto, 1970 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
↑ Lucerapex angustatus (Powell, 1940) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.

Powell, A.W.B. 1966. The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae, an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with list of characteristic species. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 5: 1–184, pls 1–23
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
J. J. Sepkoski. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 Lucerapex Wenz, 1943 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.

[2] Lucerapex adenica Powell, 1964 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.

[3] Lucerapex carola (Thiele, 1925) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.

[4] Lucerapex casearia (Hedley & Petterd, 1906) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.

[5] Lucerapex denticulata (Thiele, 1925) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.

[6] Lucerapex indagatoris (Finlay H.J., 1927) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.

[7] Lucerapex schepmani Shuto, 1970 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.

[8] Lucerapex angustatus (Powell, 1940) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.

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Lucerapex

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