Leucorhynchia
| Leucorhynchia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Leucorhynchia Crosse, 1867 |
| Type species | |
| Leucorhynchia caledonica Crosse, 1867 | |
Leucorhynchia is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae.[1]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Gulf of Oman, Singapore, Indo-Malaysia, Central and East Indian Ocean, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Tuvalu, Western Pacific Ocean, Queensland, Australia, and Western Africa.
Species
Species within the genus Leucorhynchia include:
- Leucorhynchia bicarinata Adam & Knudsen, 1969
- Leucorhynchia caledonica Crosse, 1867
- Leucorhynchia candida (A. Adams, 1862)
- Leucorhynchia crossei Tryon, 1888
- Leucorhynchia gorii Rolán & Rubio, 2012
- Leucorhynchia lirata (E.A. Smith, 1871)[2]
- Leucorhynchia minor Rolán & Gori, 2013
- Leucorhynchia plicata (E. A. Smith, 1872)
- Leucorhynchia punctata (Jousseaume, 1872)
- Leucorhynchia tricarinata Melvill & Standen, 1896
- Leucorhynchia tryoni Pilsbry, 1891
References
- ↑ Leucorhynchia Crosse, 1867. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 February 2012.
- ↑ Leucorhynchia lirata (E.A. Smith, 1871). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
- Crosse, 1867, Journal de Conchyliologie, 15(3): 319
- Trew, A., 1984. The Melvill-Tomlin Collection. Part 30. Trochacea. Handlists of the Molluscan Collections in the Department of Zoology, National Museum of Wales.
- Vaught, K. C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. Melbourne, Florida : American Malacologists. xii + 189 pp
- Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.
- Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp
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