Lusitanops cingulatus

Lusitanops cingulatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Lusitanops cingulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Lusitanops
Species:
L. cingulatus
Binomial name
Lusitanops cingulatus
Bouchet & Warén, 1980
Synonyms[1]

Lusitanops cingulata Bouchet & Warén, 1980

Description

The length of the shell varies between 5 millimetres (0.20 in) and 6 millimetres (0.24 in).

Distribution

This species occurs in the North Atlantic Ocean.

References

  • Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1980). Revision of the North-East Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies Suppl. 8: 1-119
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
  • MNHN, Paris: holotype
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Lusitanops cingulatus
  • Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)


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