Leucosyrinx canyonensis
| Leucosyrinx canyonensis | |
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| Shell of Leucosyrinx canyonensis (holotype at Museum of New Zealand) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Leucosyrinx |
| Species: | L. canyonensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Leucosyrinx canyonensis (Dell, 1956) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Antimelatoma canyonensis Dell, 1956 | |
Leucosyrinx canyonensis is a species of small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
Description
The species is characterized by a small shell (length of the shell 9.3 mm in the holotype) with strong spiral cords and a distinct crenulated shoulder carina. It is rather different from known species of Leucosyrinx, but in the absence of any data on anatomy, it is retained in Leucosyrinx with strong doubts.[2]
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off South Island at depths between 475 m and 640 m.
References
- 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Leucosyrinx canyonensis (Dell, 1956). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434212 on 2018-11-18
- ↑ Kantor, Y. I.; Fedosov, A.; Puillandre, N. (2025). "Revision of the Indo-Pacific species of the genus Leucosyrinx Dall, 1889 (Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Pseudomelatomidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy. 999: 103. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
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- Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.