Leiocithara
Leiocithara is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Leiocithara Hedley, 1922 |
| Type species | |
| Mangelia infulata Hedley, 1909 | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Ch. Hedley originally proposed Leiocithara as a subgenus of Eucithara for a group of smooth shells having the contour of Eucithara, but without the characteristic grain sculpture.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Leiocithara include:
- Leiocithara angulata (Reeve, 1846)
- Leiocithara apollinea (Melvill, 1904)
- Leiocithara costellarioides Kilburn, 1992
- Leiocithara infulata (Hedley, 1909)
- Leiocithara lischkei (E. A. Smith, 1888)
- Leiocithara longispira (E. A. Smith, 1879)
- Leiocithara macrocephala (Thiele, 1925)
- Leiocithara musae (Thiele, 1925)
- Leiocithara opalina (E. A. Smith, 1882)
- Leiocithara perlucidula Kilburn, 1992
- Leiocithara porcellanea Kilburn, 1992
- Leiocithara potti (Sturany, 1900)
- Leiocithara translucens (Barnard, 1958)
- Leiocithara zamula Kilburn, 1992
References
- Bouchet, P. (2011). Leiocithara Hedley, 1922. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432487 on 2017-04-28
- Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56
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External links
- Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77, 273-308
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
- Worldwide Mollusk Data base : Mangeliidae
- Kilburn R.N. 1992. Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 6. Subfamily Mangeliinae, section 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 33: 461–575
- MNHN, Paris: Leiocithara sp.
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