Lusitanops is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.[2]
Description
This genus is characterized by a reticulated sculpture, a large, inflated body whorl, a short siphonal canal and the lack of a sinus.[3]
Fossils of Lusitanops gigasei were found in Pliocene strata at Kallo, Belgium; age range: 6 to 2.588 Ma.
Species
Species within the genus Lusitanops include:
- Species brought into synonymy
References
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^ (in German) Nordsieck (1968). "Die Europaischen Meeres-Gehauseschnecken (Prosobranchia) vom Eisraeer bis Kapverden und Mittelmeer". Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart: 181.
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^ a b Lusitanops Nordsieck, 1968. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
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^ Bouchet, Philippe, and Anders Warén. "Revision of the northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda)." Journal of Molluscan Studies 46.Supplement_8 (1980): 1-119.
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^ Lusitanops blanchardi (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
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^ Lusitanops bullioides (Sykes, 1906). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
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^ Lusitanops cingulatus Bouchet & Warén, 1980. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
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^ Lusitanops expansus (Sars G.O., 1878). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
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^ The Pliocene turrid gastropods of Belgium. Part 2: Conidae (genera Asthenotoma, Comarmondia, Cytharella, Mangelia, Lusitanops, Raphitoma and Philbertia). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Sciences de la Terre, 68 1998: 263-267.
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^ Lusitanops hyaloides (Dautzenberg, 1925). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
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^ Lusitanops lusitanicus (Sykes, 1906). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
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^ "Lusitanops lusitanicus (Sykes 1906 : Pleurotomella)". CLEMAM, accessed 3 October 2010.
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^ Lusitanops macrapex Bouchet & Warén, 1980. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
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^ Lusitanops sigmoideus Bouchet & Warén, 1980. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
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^ New species of gastropods (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Oligocene and Lower Miocene of Aquitaine (southwestern France). (Part 2.) Cossmanniana, 6(1-2), Decembre 1999: 1-68. 40
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^ Lusitanops cingulata. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
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^ Lusitanops expansa (Sars G. O., 1878). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
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^ Lusitanops sigmoidea. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- Nordsieck F. (1968). Die europäischen Meeres-Gehäuseschnecken (Prosobranchia). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden und Mittelmeer. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart VIII + 273 pp:
