Leucozonia

Leucozonia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[2]

Leucozonia
Temporal range: Late Miocene-Recent[1]
Leucozonia cerata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Fasciolariidae
Subfamily:
Peristerniinae
Genus:
Leucozonia

Gray, 1847
Type species
Murex nassa Gmelin, 1791
Diversity[1]
11 species (two of them are fossil)

Species

Species within the genus Leucozonia include:[2]

fossil species:

  • Leucozonia rhomboidea (Gabb, 1873) from the Gurabo Formation (early Pliocene) of the Dominican Republic[1]
  • Leucozonia striatula Vermeij, 1997, from the Cercado (late Miocene) and basal Gurabo Formations of the Dominican Republic[1]

synonyms:

References
  1. Vermeij G. J. & Snyder M. A. (2002). "Leucozonia and related genera of fasciolariid gastropods: Shell-based taxonomy and relationships". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 152(1): 23-44. doi:10.1635/0097-3157(2002)152[0023:LARGOF]2.0.CO;2].
  2. Leucozonia Gray, 1847. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 September 2010.
  3. Leucozonia cerata (Wood, 1828). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  4. Bouchet, P. (2011). Leucozonia smaragdula (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215666 on 2011-07-25
  • Snyder M.A. (2003). Four new species of Latirus (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae) from the Philippine Islands and the southern Caribbean. Iberus 20(3): 1-9.


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