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Genus of gastropods

Leptothyra
Leptothyra filifer shells
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Colloniidae
Subfamily: Colloniinae
Genus: Leptothyra
sensu Pease, 1869
Type species
Leptothyra costata Pease, 1869 synonyms_ref =

Leptothyra is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colloniidae.

This genus was previously placed in the family Turbinidae.

The name Leptothyra is generally attributed to Pease (1869), and the name "Leptothyra Pease, 1869" is usually treated as a valid name for small colloniines. Although Leptothyra is a junior objective synonym of Homalopoma, the species usually treated as valid in that genus are provisionally listed in WoRMS under "Leptothyra sensu Pease, 1869", pending a taxonomic/nomenclatural reappraisal.

Leptothyra J. G. Cooper, 1867 is now considered a junior objective synonym of the genus Homalopoma Carpenter, 1864

Description

The small, solid shell has a turbinate or globose shape. The operculum is multispiral with a subcentral nucleus and concave in the centre outside. The main character distinguishing Collonia from Leptothyra seems to be the peculiar peristome of the former.

Species

Species within the genus Leptothyra include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Pease (1869). American Journal of Conchology 5(2): 70.
  2. ^ Leptothyra. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 March 2011.
  3. Bouchet, P. (2014). Leptothyra J. G. Cooper, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=751372 on 2014-06-12
  4. G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
  5. Leptothyra candida Pease, 1861. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  6. Leptothyra filifera (Deshayes, 1863). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  7. Leptothyra gestroi Caramagna, 1888. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  8. "Leptothyra inepta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.

Further reading

  • Marshall B. A. (1979). The Trochidae and Turbinidae of the Kermadec Ridge (Mollusca: Gastropoda). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 521-552
  • Huang S.-I, Fu I-F. & Poppe G.T. (2016). Taiwanese and Philippine Colloniidae. Nomenclatural remarks and the description of 17 new species (Gastropoda: Colloniidae). Visaya. 4(5): 4-42
Taxon identifiers
Leptothyra


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