Lusitanops
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| Lusitanops | |
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| Shell and protoconch of Lusitanops lusitanicus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Lusitanops Nordsieck, 1968[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pleurotomella lusitanica Sykes, 1906 | |
| Species | |
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Lusitanops is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.[2]
This genus is characterized by a reticulated sculpture, a large, inflated body whorl, a short siphonal canal and the lack of a sinus.[3]
Fossils of Lusitanops gigasei were found in Pliocene strata at Kallo, Belgium; age range: 6 to 2.588 Ma.
