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Species List for Genus: Leucosyrinx
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Conoidea (Superfamily) > Pseudomelatomidae (Family) > Leucosyrinx (Genus)
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  • Genus: Leucosyrinx

  • Leucosyrinx canyonensis (Dell, 1956)
    Height 9mm, Width 3.5mm
    Marine, Endemic
    South Island. Off Cook Strait to eastern Otago 430-650 metres
    FE.
  • Leucosyrinx eremita (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
    Height 8mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Off Poor Knights Islands to Bay of Plenty
    AE.
  • Leucosyrinx pikei (Dell, 1963)
    Height 35mm, Width 11mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Off Northland east coast. Off Poor Knights Islands around 475 metres
    AE.
Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil