Lampasopsis lucaensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Lampasopsis lucaensis (Parth, 1991). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1472315 on 2023-07-20
Description Original description: "Very small sized shell, the type measures 22.3 mm. Of very light weight, varices arranged at 180 degrees, elongated spire. The colour is from cream to light brown with yellow tinges on the varices. 4 main spiral cords, with 3 to 4 developed tubercules on the cords themselves. The mouth is oval, the internal lip is densely plicated over its whole length. The mouth is pink coloured, in the higher part of the internal lip with a darker tone. External lip with 5 groups of very long denticles, each group has 2 to 3 denticles. The protoconch is of 2,1/2 whorls, diameter 2.1 mm."Parth, M. 1991-La Conchiglia, Year XXII, No. 259, April–June, 1991, page 20.
Distribution Locus typicus: "Cebu, Philippines.";Parth, M. 1991-La Conchiglia, Year XXII, No. 259, April–June, 1991, page 20. also off Irian Jaya, Indonesia and New Caledonia.
References
External links Sanders M.T., Merle D., Laurin M., Bonillo C. & Puillandre N. (2021 (nomenclatural availability: 2020) ). Raising names from the dead: a time-calibrated phylogeny of frog shells (Bursidae, Tonnoidea, Gastropoda) using mitogenomic data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 156: 107040: 1-12