Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae
Alternative spelling: Pleurotoma (Leucosyrinx)
Parent taxon: Pseudomelatomidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2011
See also Arnold 1903, Ladd 1982, MacNeil 1960, Scarponi and Della Bella 2003, Sepkoski 2002 and Wilson 1994
Sister taxa: Abyssocomitas, Aguilaria, Anticomitas, Antimelatoma, Antiplanes, Austrotoma, Benthodaphne, Boreocomitas, Burchia, Buridrillia, Calcatodrillia, Carinodrillia, Carinoturris, Cheungbeia, Comitas, Compsodrillia, Conorbela, Conticosta, Crassiclava, Crassispira, Cretaspira, Dallspira, Doxospira, Epideira, Funa, Gibbaspira, Glossispira, Hindsiclava, Hormospira, Inquisitor, Knefastia, Kurilohadalia, Kurodadrillia, Lioglyphostoma, Lioglyphostomella, Maesiella, Megasurcula, Meggittia, Miraclathurella, Monilispira, Naudedrillia, Otitoma, Paracomitas, Pilsbryspira, Plicisyrinx, Pseudomelatoma, Pseudotaranis, Ptychobela, Pyrgospira, Rhodopetoma, Sediliopsis, Shutonia, Striospira, Tiariturris, Viridrillia, Zonulispira, Clavatoma
Subtaxa: Leucosyrinx chloris Leucosyrinx clallamensis Leucosyrinx fijiensis Leucosyrinx nicoya Leucosyrinx rugata Leucosyrinx verrillii Leucosyrinx xenica
Type: Pleurotoma (Pleurotomella) verrillii
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), Italy (5)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Japan (1)
• Miocene of Fiji (1), New Zealand (1), Panama (1), United States (1: Delaware)
• Oligocene of United States (3: Washington)
• Paleocene of Greenland (2)
Total: 18 collections including 20 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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