Leucosyrinx amycus

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

Leucosyrinx amycus
Shell of Leucosyrinx amycus (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Leucosyrinx
Species:
L. amycus
Binomial name
Leucosyrinx amycus
W.H. Dall, 1919

Description

The length of the shell attains 52 mm, its diameter 20 mm.

(Original description) The white shell has an ashy brown periostracum and six or more whorls, the apex eroded. The suture is slightly appressed, especially on the spire. The anal fasciole is wide and deep, somewhat in front of the suture and extending to a moderate peripheral carina. Behind the carina, the shell is feebly, and in front of it strongly spirally grooved with wider flat interspaces. The aperture is simple. The outer lip is thin and produced. The inner lip is erased and white. The columella is gyrate but not pervious. The siphonal canal is distinct and slightly recurved.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in Monterey Bay, California, USA at a depth between 1454 m and 1593 m.

References
  1. Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Leucosyrinx amycus
  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.
  • Smithsonian Institution: Leucosyrinx amycus
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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