Leucosyrinx pikei

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| taxon = Leucosyrinx pikei

| image = Leucosyrinx pikei 001.jpg

| image_caption = Shell of Leucosyrinx pikei (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)

| authority = (Dell, 1963)

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| synonyms = Waitara pikei Dell, 1963

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Leucosyrinx pikei is a species of medium-sized predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. MolluscaBase (2018). Leucosyrinx pikei (Dell, 1963). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434230 on 2018-11-18

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off North Island.

References

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  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 {{ISBN|0-00-216906-1}}
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.