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Leucosyrinx nicoya

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae

Taxonomy
Leucosyrinx nicoya was named by Olsson (1942) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Neogene; Caribbean.]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Charco Azul [Charco Azul Fm], which is in a Pliocene offshore shale in the Charco Azul Formation of Costa Rica.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. buricana, L. climoi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Leucosyrinx nicoya Olsson p. 57 figs. pl. 12, fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyPseudomelatomidae(McLearn 1971)
genusLeucosyrinxDall 1889
speciesnicoyaOlsson 1942

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Leucosyrinx nicoya Olsson 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available