Leucosyrinx pikei

Leucosyrinx pikei is a species of medium-sized predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. [1]

Leucosyrinx pikei
Shell of Leucosyrinx pikei (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Leucosyrinx
Species:
L. pikei
Binomial name
Leucosyrinx pikei
(Dell, 1963)
Synonyms[1]

Waitara pikei Dell, 1963

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off North Island.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Leucosyrinx pikei (Dell, 1963). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434230 on 2018-11-18
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. 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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