Leucosyrinx aequatorialis

Leucosyrinx aequatorialis
Shell of Leucosyrinx aequatorialis (holotype)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Leucosyrinx
Species:
L. aequatorialis
Binomial name
Leucosyrinx aequatorialis
Thiele, 1925
Synonyms

Comitas aequatorialis (Thiele, 1925) (basionym)

Leucosyrinx aequatorialis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.

Description

The shell length of the immature holotype is 13 mm.

Leucosyrinx aequatorialis is characterized by a shell shape, sculpture pattern, and subsutural anal sinus that fall within the range of variation observed in species of Leucosyrinx. The species lacks nodules on the shoulder of the body whorl, a feature shared with several other members of the genus. The shape of the anal sinus is more consistent with Leucosyrinx than with Comitas, supporting its placement within Leucosyrinx.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Somalia.

References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Leucosyrinx aequatorialis Thiele, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435845 on 2026-07-07
  2. ↑ Kantor, Y.I.; Fedosov, A.; Puillandre, N. (2025). "Revision of the Indo-Pacific species of the genus Leucosyrinx Dall, 1889 (Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Pseudomelatomidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy. 999: 92. Retrieved 17 July 2026. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is under a CC BY 4.0 license.