Biology:Lucerapex pulcherrimus

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Lucerapex pulcherrimus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Lucerapex
Species:
L. pulcherrimus
Binomial name
Lucerapex pulcherrimus
(Vella, 1954)
Synonyms[1]

Micantapex pulcherrimus Vella, 1954

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

Distribution

Fossils of this extinct species were found in Tertiary strata from south-east Wairarapa, New Zealand.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lucerapex pulcherrimus (Vella, 1954) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831510 on 2021-06-01
  • Vella, P. 1954. Tertiary Mollusca from south-east Wairarapa. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 81(4):539-555, pls. 25–27.µ
  • Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch

Wikidata ☰ Q106192255 entry