Leucosyrinx palawanica
| Leucosyrinx palawanica | |
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| Shell of Leucosyrinx palawanica (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Leucosyrinx |
| Species: | L. palawanica |
| Binomial name | |
| Leucosyrinx palawanica (A. W. B. Powell, 1969) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Comitas aequatorialis palawanica A. W. B. Powell, 1969 | |
Leucosyrinx palawanica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. [1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 43.5 mm, its diameter 15 mm.
The species is known from a single holotype. The shell sculpture pattern and the shape of the subsutural anal sinus fit well within the variability observed in species of Leucosyrinx. Originally, it was described as a subspecies of Leucosyrinx aequatorialis Thiele, 1925, but differs markedly in size (43.5 mm vs 13 mm). Additionally, in L. aequatorialis, the body whorl lacks axial ribs and a shoulder carina, while the carina is well-developed in L. palawanica.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Banda Sea near Indonesia; also off Northwest Australia at depths between 300 m and 411 m.
References
- 1 2 Leucosyrinx palawanica(A. W. B. Powell, 1969). 20 July 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ↑ 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: 99. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
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External links
- Powell, A.W.B. (1969). "The family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 2. The subfamily Turriculinae". Indo-Pacific Mollusca. 2 (10): 282. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.