Lucerapex schepmani
| Lucerapex schepmani | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Lucerapex schepmani | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Lucerapex |
| Species: | L. schepmani
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| Binomial name | |
| Lucerapex schepmani Shuto, 1970
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Lucerapex schepmani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
The specific name schepmani is in honor of Dutch malacologist Mattheus Marinus Schepman.
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 9.5 mm.
This species was originally described by M.M. Schepman as one specimen out of ten Surcula variabilis, but redescribed by T. Shuto. [2]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs in the Ceram Sea, Indonesia.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Lucerapex schepmani Shuto, 1970. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ^ Schepman, 1913. The prosobranchia of the Siboga expedition. Part IV -V - VI: Toxoglossa
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External links
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