Lusitanops | |
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Shell and protoconch of Lusitanops lusitanicus | |
Scientific 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 | |
See text |
Lusitanops is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae. [2]
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 within the genus Lusitanops include:
Turbonillinae is a subfamily of mostly minute parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Rissoidae is a large family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Rissooidea and the order Littorinimorpha.
Eulimidae is a family of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Vanikoroidea.
Cylichnidae, common name the "chalice bubble snails" or "canoe bubble snails" is a family of sea snails or bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cylichnoidea.
Lusitanops expansus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.
Lusitanops hyaloides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.
Lusitanops lusitanicus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.
Lusitanops sigmoideus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.
Famelica is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
Neopleurotomoides is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
Phymorhynchus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
Pleurotomella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
Raphitoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
Xanthodaphne is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
Gymnobela is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
Oenopota is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.
Bela is a genus of sea snails; marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.
Skenea is a genus of small to minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae.
Spirotropis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.
Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.