Biology:Leucosyrinx julia
| Leucosyrinx julia | |
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| Shell of Leucosyrinx julia (holotype) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Leucosyrinx |
| Species: | L. julia
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| Leucosyrinx julia Thiele, 1925
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Leucosyrinx julia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids.[1]
Description
The largest type specimen has a shell length of 10.6 mm; it appears to be adult, and was illustrated by Thiele (1925). Conchologically, it exhibits all diagnostic features of Leucosyrinx. The original illustration depicts a strongly angular shell base, although in the actual specimen this appears somewhat more obtuse. In overall outline and size, the shell resembles Leucosyrinx lozoueti, which, however, differs in having a distinct spiral sculpture composed of much finer and more uniformly spaced cords. A.W.B. Powell (1969) referred several specimens from the John Murray expedition in the Gulf of Aden, at a depth of 1040 m and with shell lengths of up to 53 mm, to this species. [2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off East Africa to the Gulf of Aden at depths between 693 m and 1040 m.
References
- ↑ Leucosyrinx julia Thiele, 1925. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
- ↑ 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: 95. https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/2945. Retrieved 17 July 2026.
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- 1925. Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. In:. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition II. Teil, vol. 17, No. 2, Gutstav Fischer, Berlin.
External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Zootaxa 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q3714447 entry
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