Lusitanops expansus

Lusitanops expansus
Original image of a shell of Lusitanops expansus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Lusitanops
Species:	L. expansus
Binomial name
Lusitanops expansus (Sars G.O., 1878)
Synonyms [1]
Bela expansaSars G. O., 1878 (original combination) Lusitanops expansa(Sars G. O., 1878)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 9 millimetres (0.35 in).

Distribution

This species occurs off Arctic Ocean, Norway in the North Atlantic Ocean.

References

1. Lusitanops expansus (Sars G.O., 1878) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 April 2010.

• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

External links

• Sars, G.O. (1878). Bidrag til Kundskaben om Norges arktiske Fauna. I. Mollusca Regionis Arcticae Norvegiae. Oversigt over de i Norges arktiske Region Forekommende Bløddyr. Brøgger, Christiania. xiii + 466 pp., pls 1-34 & I-XVIII
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.