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Genus of gastropods

Leptogyra
Shell of Leptogyra constricta (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neomphaliones
Order: Neomphalida
Superfamily: Neomphaloidea
Family: Melanodrymiidae
Genus: Leptogyra
Bush, 1897
Type species
Leptogyra verrilli Bush, 1897 synonyms_ref =

Leptogyra is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Melanodrymiidae, belonging to the clade Neomphalina.

This genus was originally placed in Skeneidae, then in Skeneinae within Turbinidae.

Species

Species within the genus Leptogyra include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Leptogyra africana Bartsch, 1915: synonym of Cirsonella africana (Bartsch, 1915) (original combination)

References

  1. Bush (1897). Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts Sci. 10: 107, 135.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. (2011). Leptogyra Bush, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159897 on 24 May 2012
  3. ^ Hess H., Beck F., Gensler H., Kano Y., Kiel S. & Haszprunar G. (2008). "Microanatomy, shell structure and molecular phylogeny of Leptogyra, Xyleptogyra and Leptogyropsis (Gastropoda: Neomphalida: Melanodrymiidae) from sunken wood ". Journal of Molluscan Studies 74(4): 383-401. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyn030.
  4. Williams S. T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (September 2008) "Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined". Zoologica Scripta 37(5): 483-506. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00341.x
  5. Leptogyra costellata Warén & Bouchet, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
  6. Leptogyra eritmeta Bush, 1897. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
  7. Leptogyra inconspicua Bush, 1897. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
  8. Leptogyra inflata Warén & Bouchet, 1993. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
  9. Leptogyra verrilli Bush, 1897. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
  • Warén A. & Bouchet P. (1993) New records, species, genera, and a new family of gastropods from hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps. Zoologica Scripta 22: 1-90

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Taxon identifiers
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