Leiosyrinx matsukumai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Leiosyrinx matsukumai | |
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| Shell of Leiosyrinx matsukumai (holotype in the MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Leiosyrinx |
| Species: | L. matsukumai
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| Leiosyrinx matsukumai Bouchet & Sysoev, 2001
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 27 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species was found in deep water off the Philippines and in the East China Sea.
References
edit- ^ a b 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
External links
edit- 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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