WoRMS taxon details
Leucosyrinx Dall, 1889
138611 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138611)
accepted
Genus
Pleurotoma (Pleurotomella) verrillii Dall, 1881 accepted as Leucosyrinx verrillii (Dall, 1881) (type by original designation)
Pleurotoma (Leucosyrinx) Dall, 1889 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Leucosyrinx aequatorialis Thiele, 1925
- Species Leucosyrinx allisoni (Rehder & Ladd, 1973)
- Species Leucosyrinx anteridion (R. B. Watson, 1881)
- Species Leucosyrinx arcana (E. A. Smith, 1899)
- Species Leucosyrinx archibenthalis A. W. B. Powell, 1969
- Species Leucosyrinx argentina N. Sánchez & Pastorino, 2024
- Species Leucosyrinx bernardeti Kantor, Fedosov & Puillandre, 2025
- Species Leucosyrinx boiteuxi Kantor, Fedosov & Puillandre, 2025
- Species Leucosyrinx bolbodes (R. B. Watson, 1881)
- Species Leucosyrinx bolognai (Bozzetti, 2001)
- Species Leucosyrinx bourgeoisae Kantor, Fedosov & Puillandre, 2025
- Species Leucosyrinx breviplicata (E. A. Smith, 1899)
- Species Leucosyrinx caecilia Thiele, 1925
- Species Leucosyrinx canyonensis (Dell, 1956)
- Species Leucosyrinx claviforma (Kosuge, 1992)
- Species Leucosyrinx curviplicata (Sysoev, 1996)
- Species Leucosyrinx derzellei Kantor, Fedosov & Puillandre, 2025
- Species Leucosyrinx diomedea (A. W. B. Powell, 1969)
- Species Leucosyrinx erna Thiele, 1925
- Species Leucosyrinx eurina (E. A. Smith, 1899)
- Species Leucosyrinx exulans (Dall, 1890)
- Species Leucosyrinx farhatorum Kantor, Fedosov & Puillandre, 2025
- Species Leucosyrinx floraecharlottae Kantor, Fedosov & Puillandre, 2025
- Species Leucosyrinx gaelae Kantor, Fedosov & Puillandre, 2025
- Species Leucosyrinx granuloplicata (Kosuge, 1992)
- Species Leucosyrinx gypsina (Dall, 1895)
- Species Leucosyrinx halicyria (Melvill, 1904)
- Species Leucosyrinx hemimeres (R. B. Watson, 1881)
- Species Leucosyrinx herilda (Dall, 1908)
- Species Leucosyrinx herosae Kantor, Fedosov & Puillandre, 2025
- Species Leucosyrinx jeedara Kantor, Hallan & Criscione, 2022
- Species Leucosyrinx julia Thiele, 1925
- Species Leucosyrinx kirai (A. W. B. Powell, 1969)
- Species Leucosyrinx legalli Kantor, Fedosov & Puillandre, 2025
- Species Leucosyrinx lemarcisi Kantor, Fedosov & Puillandre, 2025
- Species Leucosyrinx lozoueti Kantor, Fedosov & Puillandre, 2025
- Species Leucosyrinx luzonica (A. W. B. Powell, 1969)
- Species Leucosyrinx macrobertsoni A. W. B. Powell, 1958
- Species Leucosyrinx madagascariensis Ardovini, 2022
- Species Leucosyrinx maestratii Kantor, Fedosov & Puillandre, 2025
- Species Leucosyrinx margaritae (E. A. Smith, 1904)
- Species Leucosyrinx melvilli (Schepman, 1913)
- Species Leucosyrinx modicae Kantor, Fedosov & Puillandre, 2025
- Species Leucosyrinx nodulocordata Kantor, Fedosov & Puillandre, 2025
- Species Leucosyrinx oliverioi Kantor, Fedosov & Puillandre, 2025
- Species Leucosyrinx pagodaeformis (Schepman, 1913)
- Species Leucosyrinx palawanica (A. W. B. Powell, 1969)
- Species Leucosyrinx paupera (R. B. Watson, 1881)
- Species Leucosyrinx pelagia (Dall, 1881)
- Species Leucosyrinx placaisae Kantor, Fedosov & Puillandre, 2025
- Species Leucosyrinx plebeia (R. B. Watson, 1881)
- Species Leucosyrinx powelli (Rehder & Ladd, 1973)
- Species Leucosyrinx quinetae Kantor, Fedosov & Puillandre, 2025
- Species Leucosyrinx rattiae Kantor, Fedosov & Puillandre, 2025
- Species Leucosyrinx ringevali Kantor, Fedosov & Puillandre, 2025
- Species Leucosyrinx sansibarica Thiele, 1925
- Species Leucosyrinx schepmani Kantor, Fedosov & Puillandre, 2025
- Species Leucosyrinx subgrundifera (Dall, 1888)
- Species Leucosyrinx suratensis (Thiele, 1925)
- Species Leucosyrinx thisbe (E. A. Smith, 1906)
- Species Leucosyrinx truwalamuka Kantor, Hallan & Criscione, 2022
- Species Leucosyrinx turrita Sysoev, 1990
- Species Leucosyrinx undosa (Schepman, 1913)
- Species Leucosyrinx urbanae Kantor, Fedosov & Puillandre, 2025
- Species Leucosyrinx vanweddingenae Kantor, Fedosov & Puillandre, 2025
- Species Leucosyrinx verrillii (Dall, 1881)
- Species Leucosyrinx zahariasi Kantor, Fedosov & Puillandre, 2025
- Species Leucosyrinx zucconi Kantor, Fedosov & Puillandre, 2025
- Species Leucosyrinx barashi F. Nordsieck, 1982 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Leucosyrinx elsa Thiele, 1925 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Leucosyrinx equatorialis (Dall, 1919) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Leucosyrinx esilda (Dall, 1908) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Leucosyrinx taludana Castellanos & Landoni, 1993 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Subgenus Leucosyrinx (Aforia) Dall, 1889 accepted as Aforia Dall, 1889 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Leucosyrinx (Aforia) circinata (Dall, 1873) accepted as Aforia circinata (Dall, 1873)
- Subgenus Leucosyrinx (Sibogasyrinx) A. W. B. Powell, 1969 accepted as Sibogasyrinx A. W. B. Powell, 1969 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Leucosyrinx (Sibogasyrinx) archibenthalis A. W. B. Powell, 1969 accepted as Leucosyrinx archibenthalis A. W. B. Powell, 1969 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Leucosyrinx (Sibogasyrinx) pyramidalis (Schepman, 1913) accepted as Sibogasyrinx pyramidalis (Schepman, 1913)
- Species Leucosyrinx amycus Dall, 1919 accepted as Aforia goodei (Dall, 1890) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Leucosyrinx angusteplicata (Strebel, 1905) accepted as Antarctospira angusteplicata (Strebel, 1905)
- Species Leucosyrinx badenpowelli Dell, 1990 accepted as Antarctospira badenpowelli (Dell, 1990) (original combination)
- Species Leucosyrinx clionella Dall, 1908 accepted as Burchia clionella (Dall, 1908) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Leucosyrinx crispulata (E. von Martens, 1901) accepted as Cochlespira crispulata (E. von Martens, 1901) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Leucosyrinx cuvierensis Mestayer, 1919 accepted as Terefundus cuvierensis (Mestayer, 1919) (superseded combination)
- Species Leucosyrinx dalli (K. J. Bush, 1893) accepted as Corinnaeturris leucomata (Dall, 1881)
- Species Leucosyrinx eremita (Murdoch & Suter, 1906) accepted as Antimelatoma eremita (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
- Species Leucosyrinx erica Thiele, 1925 accepted as Comispira erica (Thiele, 1925) (original combination)
- Species Leucosyrinx erosina Dall, 1908 accepted as Borsonella erosina (Dall, 1908) (superseded combination)
- Species Leucosyrinx falklandica A. W. B. Powell, 1951 accepted as Antarctospira falklandica (A. W. B. Powell, 1951) (original combination)
- Species Leucosyrinx galapagana Dall, 1919 accepted as Exilia cortezi (Dall, 1908)
- Species Leucosyrinx janetae Bartsch, 1934 accepted as Leucosyrinx verrillii (Dall, 1881) (synonym)
- Species Leucosyrinx kantori J. H. McLean, 1995 accepted as Rhodopetoma amycus (Dall, 1919) (unnecessary replacement name for Antiplanes amycus, by McLean treated as a secondary homonym of Leucosyrinx amycus)
- Species Leucosyrinx kincaidi Dall, 1919 accepted as Aforia kincaidi (Dall, 1919) (original combination)
- Species Leucosyrinx lancea Y.-C. Lee, 2001 accepted as Sibogasyrinx lancea (Y.-C. Lee, 2001) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Leucosyrinx macroberstoni A. W. B. Powell, 1958 accepted as Leucosyrinx macrobertsoni A. W. B. Powell, 1958 (misspelling)
- Species Leucosyrinx mai B.-Q. Li & X.-Z. Li, 2008 accepted as Comispira mai (B.-Q. Li & X.-Z. Li, 2008) (original combination)
- Species Leucosyrinx mawsoni A. W. B. Powell, 1958 accepted as Antarctospira mawsoni (A. W. B. Powell, 1958) (original combination)
- Species Leucosyrinx pacifica Dall, 1908 accepted as Belomitra pacifica (Dall, 1908) (superseded combination)
- Species Leucosyrinx paragenota A. W. B. Powell, 1951 accepted as Bela angusteplicata Strebel, 1905 accepted as Antarctospira angusteplicata (Strebel, 1905) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Leucosyrinx paratenoceras A. W. B. Powell, 1951 accepted as Typhlodaphne paratenoceras (A. W. B. Powell, 1951) (original combination)
- Species Leucosyrinx persimilis (Dall, 1890) accepted as Aforia persimilis (Dall, 1890)
- Species Leucosyrinx pikei (Dell, 1963) accepted as Sibogasyrinx pikei (Dell, 1963) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Leucosyrinx queenslandica A. W. B. Powell, 1969 accepted as Zemacies queenslandica (A. W. B. Powell, 1969) (superseded combination)
- Species Leucosyrinx recta Hedley, 1903 accepted as Austrocarina recta (Hedley, 1903) (original combination)
- Species Leucosyrinx sigsbeei (Dall, 1881) accepted as Leucosyrinx verrillii (Dall, 1881) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Leucosyrinx tenoceras (Dall, 1889) accepted as Leucosyrinx verrillii (Dall, 1881) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Leucosyrinx thomsoni Mestayer, 1919 accepted as Taranis nexilis bicarinata (Suter, 1915) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Leucosyrinx turritus Sysoev, 1990 accepted as Leucosyrinx turrita Sysoev, 1990 (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Leucosyrinx vepallida (E. von Martens, 1902) accepted as Typhlosyrinx vepallida (E. von Martens, 1902) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
(of Pleurotoma (Leucosyrinx) Dall, 1889) Dall, W. H. (1889). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25505
page(s): 8, 75 [details]
page(s): 8, 75 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Leucosyrinx Dall, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138611 on 2026-06-11
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Martinez, Olga
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pleurotoma (Leucosyrinx) Dall, 1889) Dall, W. H. (1889). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25505
page(s): 8, 75 [details]
basis of record Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 77(3): 273-308., available online at http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/content/77/3/273.full.pdf [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 8, 75 [details]
basis of record Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 77(3): 273-308., available online at http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/content/77/3/273.full.pdf [details] Available for editors
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Kantor, Y. I.; Fedosov, A.; Puillandre, N. (2025). Revision of the Indo-Pacific species of the genus <em>Leucosyrinx</em> Dall, 1889 (Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Pseudomelatomidae). <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 999: 1-126., available online at https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/2945 [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality