Lusitanops
Genus of sea snails
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Lusitanops is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.[2]
| Lusitanops | |
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| Shell and protoconch of Lusitanops lusitanicus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
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Description
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.
Species
Species within the genus Lusitanops include:
- Lusitanops blanchardi (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896)[4]
- Lusitanops bullioides (Sykes, 1906)[5]
- Lusitanops cingulatus Bouchet & Warén, 1980[6]
- Lusitanops dictyota Sysoev, 1997
- Lusitanops expansus (Sars G.O., 1878)[7]
- † Lusitanops gigasei Marquet 1998 [8]
- Lusitanops hyaloides (Dautzenberg, 1925)[9]
- Lusitanops lusitanicus (Sykes, 1906)[10][11]
- Lusitanops macrapex Bouchet & Warén, 1980[12]
- Lusitanops sigmoideus Bouchet & Warén, 1980[13]
- Species brought into synonymy
- † Lusitanops bulbiformis Lozouet, 1999:[14] synonym of † Pseudolusitanops bulbiformis (Lozouet, 1999) (original combination)
- Lusitanops cingulata:[15] synonym of Lusitanops cingulatus Bouchet & Warén, 1980
- Lusitanops expansa (Sars G. O., 1878):[16] synonym of Lusitanops expansus (Sars G. O., 1878)
- Lusitanops lusitanica [sic] : synonym of Lusitanops lusitanicus (Sykes, 1906)
- Lusitanops sigmoidea:[17] synonym of Lusitanops sigmoideus Bouchet & Warén, 1980
