Leucosyrinx climoi
Leucosyrinx climoi is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
| Leucosyrinx climoi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Leucosyrinx |
| Species: | L. climoi |
| Binomial name | |
| Leucosyrinx climoi Maxwell, 1988 | |
Distribution
Fossils of this marine species were found in New Zealand.
References
- MolluscaBase (2018). Leucosyrinx climoi Maxwell, 1988 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831508 on 2018-11-25
- Maxwell, Phillip A. Late Miocene deep-water Mollusca from the Stillwater Mudstone at Greymouth, westland, New Zealand: paleoecology and systematics. No. 55. New Zealand Geological Survey, 1988.
- Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
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