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Leucosyrinx subgrundifera

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| taxon = Leucosyrinx subgrundifera

| image = Leucosyrinx subgrundifera 001.jpg

| image_caption = Shell of Leucosyrinx subgrundifera (specimen at MNHN, Paris)

| authority = (Dall, 1888)

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| synonyms = Pleurotoma (Leucosyrinx) subgrundifera Dall, 1888

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Leucosyrinx subgrundifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids.{{WRMS species|420263|Leucosyrinx subgrundifera (Dall, 1888)||31 March 2010}}

Description

The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 34 mm.

The sharp keel is bent away from the spire and is bent instead towards the siphonal canal.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95201#page/120/mode/1up W.H. Dall (1888) Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College v. 15 (1888) p. 66]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off North Carolina to Florida, United States, and off Yucatán, Mexico.

References

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  • [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/67744#page/7/mode/1up W.H. Dall (1889), A preliminary catalogue of the shell-bearing marine mollusks and brachiopods of the southeastern coast of the United States, with illustrations of many of the species; Bulletin of the United States National Museum ; no. 37]

External links

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20160807014801/http://biogomx.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/chapters/33-Rosenberg%20et%20al%202009-Gastropoda%20of%20the%20GoMx.pdf Rosenberg G., Moretzsohn F. & García E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas]
  • [http://www.gastropods.com/2/Shell_21472.shtml Gastropods.com: Leucosyrinx subgrundifera]
  • {{cite journal | last1 = Tucker | first1 = J.K. | year = 2004 | title = Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) | url = http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 682 | pages = 1–1295 | doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1 }}

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subgrundifera

Category:Gastropods described in 1888

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