Biology:Lucerapex schepmani

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Lucerapex schepmani
Lucerapex schepmani 001.jpg
Drawing of a shell of Lucerapex schepmani
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Lucerapex
Species:
L. schepmani
Binomial name
Lucerapex schepmani
Shuto, 1970

Lucerapex schepmani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

The specific name schepmani is in honor of Dutch malacologist Mattheus Marinus Schepman.

Description

The length of the shell attains 9.5 mm.

This species was originally described by M.M. Schepman as one specimen out of ten Surcula variabilis, but redescribed by T. Shuto. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Ceram Sea, Indonesia.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3716259 entry