Lucerapex raulini is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

Lucerapex raulini
Shell of † Lucerapex raulini (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Lucerapex
Species:
L. raulini
Binomial name
Lucerapex raulini
(Peyrot, 1931)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma raulini Peyrot, 1931 (original combination)

Distribution

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Fossils of this extinct species were found in Oligocene strata in the Landes, France.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lucerapex raulini (Peyrot, 1931) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1056887 on 2021-06-01
  • Peyrot, A. "Conchologie Néogénique de 1’Aquitaine; Conidea." Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 82 (1931): 73–120.
  • Lozouet P. (2017). Les Conoidea de l'Oligocène supérieur (Chattien) du bassin de l'Adour (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana. 19: 3–180.