Leptoconchus
Leptoconchus peronii (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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 The foot is small, short, obtuse and rounded behind, with a thin, expanded, disk-like lobe in front, and the siphon is obsolete.

There is no operculum.[2]

Species

The following species are currently accepted within Leptoconchus:[1]

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

  1. 1 2 3 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
  2. ↑ 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 Public Domain 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
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