Lucerapex schepmani
Lucerapex schepmani | |
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Drawing of a shell of Lucerapex schepmani | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
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
[edit]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
[edit]This marine species occurs in the Ceram Sea, Indonesia.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Lucerapex schepmani Shuto, 1970. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ^ Schepman, 1913. The prosobranchia of the Siboga expedition. Part IV -V - VI: Toxoglossa
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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