| Leptoconchus | |
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| Leptoconchus peronii (lectotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 | |
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]
Description
Shell : The thin shell is globosely pyriform, with a perforate axis. The umbilicus is partly concealed by the reflected inner lip. The spire is obtuse. The aperture is oblong, produced anteriorly into a wide subrecurved siphonal canal.
Animal: The mantle-margin is greatly thickened and fleshy. The tentacles are small, broad, and united at their bases. The eyes are small and black, on the outer side of the tentacles, near their tips. The foot is small, short, obtuse and rounded behind, with a thin, expanded, disk-like lobe in front, and the siphon is obsolete.
Species
The following species are currently accepted within Leptoconchus:[1]
- † Leptoconchus costatus (Chenu, 1843)
- Leptoconchus cumingii MassDeshayes, 1863
- Leptoconchus cyphastrae Massin, 1983
- † Leptoconchus duvergieri (Cossmann & Peyrot, 1923)
- 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 jaegeri Rolle, 1863
- 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
- ^ a b c 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
- ^ Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- 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
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- 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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