Leptogyra inflata
Shell of Leptogyra inflata (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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L. inflata
Binomial name
Leptogyra inflata
Warén & Bouchet, 1993

Leptogyra inflata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melanodrymiidae.[1] [2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 1.32 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Fiji Islands.

References

  1. Hess H., Beck F., Gensler H., Kano Y., Kiel S. & Haszprunar G. (2008). "Microanatomy, shell structure and molecular phylogeny of Leptogyra, Xyleptogyra and Leptogyropsis (Gastropoda: Neomphalida: Melanodrymiidae) from sunken wood ". Journal of Molluscan Studies 74(4): 383–401. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyn030.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Leptogyra inflata Warén & Bouchet, 1993. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536902 on 2021-04-30
  • Warén A. & Bouchet P. (1993) New records, species, genera, and a new family of gastropods from hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps. Zoologica Scripta 22: 1-90.


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