Lusitanops

Lusitanops is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.

Description

This genus is characterized by a reticulated sculpture, a large, inflated body whorl, a short siphonal canal and the lack of a sinus.

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:

• Lusitanops blanchardi (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896)
• Lusitanops bullioides (Sykes, 1906)
• Lusitanops cingulatus Bouchet & Warén, 1980
• Lusitanops dictyota Sysoev, 1997
• Lusitanops expansus (Sars G.O., 1878)
• † Lusitanops gigasei Marquet 1998
• Lusitanops hyaloides (Dautzenberg, 1925)
• Lusitanops lusitanicus (Sykes, 1906)
• Lusitanops macrapex Bouchet & Warén, 1980
• Lusitanops sigmoideus Bouchet & Warén, 1980

Species brought into synonymy

• † Lusitanops bulbiformis Lozouet, 1999: synonym of † Pseudolusitanops bulbiformis (Lozouet, 1999) (original combination)
• Lusitanops cingulata: synonym of Lusitanops cingulatus Bouchet & Warén, 1980
• Lusitanops expansa (Sars G. O., 1878): synonym of Lusitanops expansus (Sars G. O., 1878)
• Lusitanops lusitanica [sic] : synonym of Lusitanops lusitanicus (Sykes, 1906)
• Lusitanops sigmoidea: synonym of Lusitanops sigmoideus Bouchet & Warén, 1980

• Nordsieck F. (1968). Die europäischen Meeres-Gehäuseschnecken (Prosobranchia). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden und Mittelmeer. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart VIII + 273 pp:

External links

• Tucker, J.K. (2004). (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.