Leptogyra Explained

Leptogyra is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Melanodrymiidae, belonging to the clade Neomphalina.^{[1] [2]}

This genus was originally placed in Skeneidae,^[1] then in Skeneinae within Turbinidae.^[3]

Species

Species within the genus Leptogyra include:

• Leptogyra alaskana Bartsch, 1910
• Leptogyra bujnitzkii (Gorbunov, 1946)
• Leptogyra constricta B. A. Marshall, 1988
• Leptogyra costellata Warén & Bouchet, 2009
• Leptogyra eritmeta Bush, 1897
• Leptogyra inconspicua Bush, 1897
• Leptogyra inflata Warén & Bouchet, 1993
• Leptogyra patula B. A. Marshall, 1988
• Leptogyra verrilli Bush, 1897

Species brought into synonymy:

• Leptogyra africana Bartsch, 1915: synonym of Cirsonella africana (Bartsch, 1915) (original combination)

References

• 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

External links

• Bush, K. (1897). Revision of the marine gastropods referred to Cyclostrema, Adeorbis, Vitrinella and related genera with descriptions of some new genera and species belonging to the Atlantic fauna of America. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 10: 97-144

Notes and 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. .
2. Bouchet, P. (2011). Leptogyra Bush, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159897 on 24 May 2012
3. Williams S. T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (September 2008) "Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined". Zoologica Scripta 37(5): 483-506.