Latisipho hypolispus

Latisipho hypolispus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.^[1]

Latisipho hypolispus
Shell of Latisipho hypolispus (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Buccinidae
Genus:	Latisipho
Species:	L. hypolispus
Binomial name
Latisipho hypolispus (Dall, 1891)
Synonyms[1]
Chrysodomus hypolispus Dall, 1891 Chrysodomus (Sipho) hypolispus Dall, 1891 (original combination) Colus hypolispus (Dall, 1891) Colus (Lattisipho) hypolispus (Dall, 1891) Colus (Latifusus) pharcidus Dall, 1919 Plicifusus (Latisipho) hypolispus Okutani, 2000

Description

(Original description as Chrysodomus (Sipho) hypolispus) The length of the brown, polished shell attains 55 mm. It has well rounded six or seven whorls sculptured only by a few obsolete spirals and malleations. The axial sculpture consists of a few incremental lines. The suture is distinct and the spire is rather acute. The siphonal canal is very short and strongly recurved, axis almost pervious. The outer lip is sinuous, throat white. There is a well marked callus on the columella and body. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Bering Sea, Okhotsk Sea and Chukchi Sea.