Leucosyrinx canyonensis is a species of small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.MolluscaBase (2018). Leucosyrinx canyonensis (Dell, 1956). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434212 on 2018-11-18
Description The species is characterized by a small shell (length of the shell 9.3 mm in the holotype) with strong spiral cords and a distinct crenulated shoulder carina. It is rather different from known species of Leucosyrinx, but in the absence of any data on anatomy, it is retained in Leucosyrinx with strong doubts.
Distribution This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off South Island at depths between 475 m and 640 m.
References
Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
External links Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone