Leucosyrinx subgrundifera
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| Leucosyrinx subgrundifera | |
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| Shell of Leucosyrinx subgrundifera (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Leucosyrinx |
| Species: | L. subgrundifera |
| Binomial name | |
| Leucosyrinx subgrundifera (Dall, 1888) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pleurotoma (Leucosyrinx) subgrundifera Dall, 1888 | |
Leucosyrinx subgrundifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids.[1]
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.[2]
