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Leucosyrinx fijiensis

Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae

Taxonomy
Leucosyrinx fijiensis was named by Ladd (1982). Its type specimen is USNM 214299, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Leucosyrinx fijiensis Ladd pp. 64 - 65 figs. pl. 20, f. 14, 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyPseudomelanoideaFischer 1885
familyPseudomelaniidaeCossmann 1909
genusLeucosyrinxDall 1889
speciesfijiensis

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 fijiensis Ladd 1982
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. S. Ladd 1982Medium in size, slender, fusiform. Protoconch not prese~rved; whorls of spire with a strong median keel-like projection composed of rounded nodes that are inclined to the right; nine nodes on penultimate whorl, nodes becoming inconspicuous on the body whorl. Above the peripheral nodes, the surface is smooth except for faint spiral cords and strongly curved lines marking the anal sinus; below the nodular periphery are four or five spiral cords; on body whorl, such cords extend over the entire base. Aperture lenticular, extended anteriorly as a short canal.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Fiji (Vitu Levu) Leucosyrinx fijiensis (179499)