Sibogasyrinx lancea

Sibogasyrinx lancea
Shell of Sibogasyrinx lancea (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity center)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Cochlespiridae
Genus: Sibogasyrinx
Species:
S. lancea
Binomial name
Sibogasyrinx lancea
(Y.-C. Lee, 2001)
Synonyms

Leucosyrinx lancea Y.-C. Lee, 2001 superseded combination

Sibogasyrinx lancea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.

Description

The length of the shell attains 40 mm.

The species is characterized by a subsutural row of rounded knobs. This is not found in any species of Leucosyrinx, but is, conversely, present in all species of Sibogasyrinx and Comispira. Moreover, a very similar specimen, collected off Luzon, Philippines, at similar depths (518–538 m) was recently sequenced and a partial cox1 sequence confidently places it in Sibogasyrinx. Therefore, the species is transferred to Sibogasyrinx.

Distribution

This bathyal species occurs off the Pratas Island, South China Sea at depths between 430 m and 610 m.

References

  1. 1 2 Sibogasyrinx lancea (Y.-C. Lee, 2001). 8 July 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  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: 110. Retrieved 15 July 2026.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is under a CC BY 4.0 license.