Lusitanops gigasei
| Lusitanops gigasei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Lusitanops |
| Species: | L. gigasei
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| Binomial name | |
| Lusitanops gigasei Marquet 1998
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Lusitanops gigasei is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Description[]
The length of the shell attains 6.1 mm; its diameter 1.9 mm.
It may be an intermediate species between Lusitanops and Xanthodaphne, that shows almost the same characteristics.[2]
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Distribution[]
Fossils of this species were found in Pliocene strata at Kallo, Belgium; age range: 6 to 2.588 Ma.
References[]
- ^ Lusitanops gigasei : image
- ^ MARQUET, Robert. "The Pliocene turrid Gastropods of Belgium. Part 2: Conidae (genera Asthenotoma, Comarmondia, Cytharella, Mangelia, Lusitanops, Raphitoma and Philbertia)." Bulletin-Institut royal des sciences naturelles de Belgique. Sciences de la terre 68 (1998): 263-287
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