Leiosyrinx matsukumai
Shell of Leiosyrinx matsukumai (holotype in the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Leiosyrinx
Species:
L. matsukumai
Binomial name
Leiosyrinx matsukumai
Bouchet & Sysoev, 2001

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 27 mm.

Distribution

This marine species was found in deep water off the Philippines and in the East China Sea.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Leiosyrinx matsukumai Bouchet & Sysoev, 2001. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434202 on 2019-07-24
  • Bouchet, P. & Sysoev, A., 2001. Typhlosyrinx-like tropical deep-water turriform gastropods (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Conoidea). Journal of Natural History 35: 1693-1715
  • Gastropods.com: Leiosyrinx matsukumai
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)


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