Leptoconchus
Leptoconchus is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, subfamily Coralliophilinae, the coral snails or coral shells.[1]
| Leptoconchus | |
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| Leptoconchus peronii (lectotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Coralliophilinae |
| Genus: | Leptoconchus Rüppell, 1835 |
| Type species | |
| Leptoconchus striatus Rüppell, 1835
synonyms_ref = [1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Magilopsis G.B. Sowerby III, 1919 | |
Species
The following species are currently accepted within Leptoconchus:[1]
- Leptoconchus cumingii MassDeshayes, 1863
- Leptoconchus cyphastrae Massin, 1983
- Leptoconchus ellipticus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1823)
- Leptoconchus expolitus (Shikama, 1963)
- Leptoconchus inactiniformis A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011
- Leptoconchus inalbechi A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011
- Leptoconchus incrassa A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011
- Leptoconchus incycloseris A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011
- Leptoconchus infungites A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011
- Leptoconchus ingrandifungi A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011
- Leptoconchus ingranulosa A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011
- Leptoconchus inlimax A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011
- Leptoconchus inpileus A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011
- Leptoconchus inpleuractis A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011
- Leptoconchus inscruposa A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011
- Leptoconchus inscutaria A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011
- Leptoconchus intalpina A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011
- Leptoconchus lamarckii (Deshayes, 1863
- Leptoconchus massini A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011
- Leptoconchus peronii (Lamarck, 1818)
- Leptoconchus solidiusculus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1872)
- Leptoconchus vangoethemi Massin, 1983
- Taxa inquirenda
- Leptoconchus cuvieri Deshayes, 1863
- Leptoconchus djedah (Chenu, 1843)
- Leptoconchus globulosus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1872)
- Leptoconchus maillardi Deshayes, 1863
- Leptoconchus noumeae Risbec, 1953
- Leptoconchus rostratus A. Adams, 1864
- Leptoconchus ruppelii Deshayes, 1863
- Leptoconchus serratus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1872)
- Leptoconchus tenuis (Chenu, 1843)
- Species brought into synonymy include
- Leptoconchus fimbriatus (A. Adams, 1852): synonym of Coralliophila fimbriata (A. Adams, 1852)
- Leptoconchus lamarkii Deshayes, 1863: synonym of Leptoconchus lamarckii Deshayes, 1863 (incorrect original spelling)
- Leptoconchus robillardi Liénard, 1870: synonym of Coralliophila robillardi (Liénard, 1870)
- Leptoconchus schrenkii Lischke, 1871: synonym of Leptoconchus peronii (Lamarck, 1818)
- Leptoconchus striatus Rüppell, 1835: synonym of Leptoconchus peronii (Lamarck, 1818)
References
- Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Leptoconchus Rüppell, 1834. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206175 on 2011-03-12
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
- Oliverio M. (2008) Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. In: V. Héros, R.H. Cowie & P. Bouchet (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 196: 481-585. page(s): 557
External links
- Rüppell E. (1835 ["1834"). Description of a new genus of pectinibranchiated gasteropodous Mollusca (Leptoconchus). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 2: 105-106.]
- Sowerby, G. B., III. (1919). Notes on Magilus and its allies, substituting the generic name Magilopsis for Leptoconchus lamarcki, Deshayes. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 13(3-4): 75-77
- Deshayes, G. P. (1863). Catalogue des mollusques de l'île de la Réunion (Bourbon). Pp. 1-144. In Maillard, L. (Ed.) Notes sur l'Ile de la Réunion. Dentu, Paris
- A. & Gittenberger E. (2011) Cryptic, adaptive radiation of endoparasitic snails: sibling species of Leptoconchus (Gastropoda: Coralliophilidae) in corals. Organisms, Diversity and Evolution 11: 21-41
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