Lucerapex pulcherrimus
| Lucerapex pulcherrimus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Lucerapex |
| Species: | L. pulcherrimus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lucerapex pulcherrimus (Vella, 1954)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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† Micantapex pulcherrimus Vella, 1954 | |
Lucerapex pulcherrimus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
Distribution
Fossils of this extinct species were found in Tertiary strata from south-east Wairarapa, New Zealand.
References
- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lucerapex pulcherrimus (Vella, 1954) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831510 on 2021-06-01
Further reading
- Vella, P. 1954. Tertiary Mollusca from south-east Wairarapa. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 81(4):539-555, pls. 25–27.
- Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch