Lusitanops

Lusitanops is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.^[2]

Lusitanops
Shell and protoconch of Lusitanops lusitanicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Lusitanops Nordsieck, 1968[1]
Type species
Pleurotomella lusitanica Sykes, 1906
Species
See text

Description

This genus is characterized by a reticulated sculpture, a large, inflated body whorl, a short siphonal canal and the lack of a sinus.^[3]

Fossils of Lusitanops gigasei were found in Pliocene strata at Kallo, Belgium; age range: 6 to 2.588 Ma.

Species

Species within the genus Lusitanops include:

• Lusitanops blanchardi (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896)^[4]
• Lusitanops bullioides (Sykes, 1906)^[5]
• Lusitanops cingulatus Bouchet & Warén, 1980^[6]
• Lusitanops dictyota Sysoev, 1997
• Lusitanops expansus (Sars G.O., 1878)^[7]
• † Lusitanops gigasei Marquet 1998 ^[8]
• Lusitanops hyaloides (Dautzenberg, 1925)^[9]
• Lusitanops lusitanicus (Sykes, 1906)^[10][11]
• Lusitanops macrapex Bouchet & Warén, 1980^[12]
• Lusitanops sigmoideus Bouchet & Warén, 1980^[13]

Species brought into synonymy

• † Lusitanops bulbiformis Lozouet, 1999:^[14] synonym of † Pseudolusitanops bulbiformis (Lozouet, 1999) (original combination)
• Lusitanops cingulata:^[15] synonym of Lusitanops cingulatus Bouchet & Warén, 1980
• Lusitanops expansa (Sars G. O., 1878):^[16] synonym of Lusitanops expansus (Sars G. O., 1878)
• Lusitanops lusitanica [sic] : synonym of Lusitanops lusitanicus (Sykes, 1906)
• Lusitanops sigmoidea:^[17] synonym of Lusitanops sigmoideus Bouchet & Warén, 1980