Lusitanops expansus

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

Lusitanops expansus
Original image of a shell of Lusitanops expansus
Scientific classification
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 expansa Sars G. O., 1878 (original combination)
  • Lusitanops expansa (Sars G. O., 1878)

Description

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

Distribution

This species occurs off Arctic 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
  • 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.


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