Lusitanops

{{Short description|Genus of sea snails}}

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|image = Lusitanops lusitanicus 001.jpg

|image_caption = Shell and protoconch of Lusitanops lusitanicus

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|taxon = Lusitanops

|authority = Nordsieck, 1968{{in lang|de}} Nordsieck (1968). "Die Europaischen Meeres-Gehauseschnecken (Prosobranchia) vom Eisraeer bis Kapverden und Mittelmeer". Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart: 181.

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|type_species = Pleurotomella lusitanica

|type_species_authority = Sykes, 1906

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = See text

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Lusitanops is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.{{WRMS species|137819|Lusitanops Nordsieck, 1968||14 April 2010}}

Description

This genus is characterized by a reticulated sculpture, a large, inflated body whorl, a short siphonal canal and the lack of a sinus.Bouchet, Philippe, and Anders Warén. "Revision of the northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda)." Journal of Molluscan Studies 46.Supplement_8 (1980): 1-119.

Fossils of Lusitanops gigasei were found in Pliocene strata at Kallo, Belgium; age range: 6 to 2.588 Ma.

Species

Species within the genus Lusitanops include:

  • Lusitanops blanchardi (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896){{WRMS species|139257|Lusitanops blanchardi (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896)||14 April 2010}}
  • Lusitanops bullioides (Sykes, 1906){{WRMS species|139258|Lusitanops bullioides (Sykes, 1906)||14 April 2010}}
  • Lusitanops cingulatus Bouchet & Warén, 1980{{WRMS species|139259|Lusitanops cingulatus Bouchet & Warén, 1980||14 April 2010}}
  • Lusitanops dictyota Sysoev, 1997
  • Lusitanops expansus (Sars G.O., 1878){{WRMS species|139260|Lusitanops expansus (Sars G.O., 1878)||14 April 2010}}
  • Lusitanops gigasei Marquet 1998 The Pliocene turrid gastropods of Belgium. Part 2: Conidae (genera Asthenotoma, Comarmondia, Cytharella, Mangelia, Lusitanops, Raphitoma and Philbertia). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Sciences de la Terre, 68 1998: 263-267.
  • Lusitanops hyaloides (Dautzenberg, 1925){{WRMS species|139261|Lusitanops hyaloides (Dautzenberg, 1925)||14 April 2010}}
  • Lusitanops lusitanicus (Sykes, 1906){{WRMS species|139262|Lusitanops lusitanicus (Sykes, 1906)||14 April 2010}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924103639/http://www.somali.asso.fr/clemam/biotaxis.php?X=17809&header=1 "Lusitanops lusitanicus (Sykes 1906 : Pleurotomella)". CLEMAM, accessed 3 October 2010.]
  • Lusitanops macrapex Bouchet & Warén, 1980{{WRMS species|139263|Lusitanops macrapex Bouchet & Warén, 1980||14 April 2010}}
  • Lusitanops sigmoideus Bouchet & Warén, 1980{{WRMS species|139264|Lusitanops sigmoideus Bouchet & Warén, 1980||14 April 2010}}

;Species brought into synonymy:

  • Lusitanops bulbiformis Lozouet, 1999:New species of gastropods (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Oligocene and Lower Miocene of Aquitaine (southwestern France). (Part 2.) Cossmanniana, 6(1-2), Decembre 1999: 1-68. 40 synonym of † Pseudolusitanops bulbiformis (Lozouet, 1999) (original combination)
  • Lusitanops cingulata:{{WRMS species|183247|Lusitanops cingulata ||14 April 2010}} synonym of Lusitanops cingulatus Bouchet & Warén, 1980
  • Lusitanops expansa (Sars G. O., 1878):{{WRMS species|434312|Lusitanops expansa (Sars G. O., 1878)||14 April 2010}} synonym of Lusitanops expansus (Sars G. O., 1878)
  • Lusitanops lusitanica [sic] : synonym of Lusitanops lusitanicus (Sykes, 1906)
  • Lusitanops sigmoidea:{{WRMS species|183248|Lusitanops sigmoidea ||14 April 2010}} synonym of Lusitanops sigmoideus Bouchet & Warén, 1980

References

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  • Nordsieck F. (1968). Die europäischen Meeres-Gehäuseschnecken (Prosobranchia). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden und Mittelmeer. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart VIII + 273 pp: