Leiopyrga

Leiopyrga is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]

Leiopyrga
Leiopyrga octona shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Leiopyrga
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1863[1]
Type species
Leiopyrga lineolaris Gould, A.A., 1861

Description

The thin, perforate, elongated, narrow shell is somewhat turreted. The whorls are convex, rounded or carinated. The oval aperture is small. The columella is arcuate, not truncated at its base. This genus differs from Bankivia by its umbilicus.[3]

Species

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. H. and A. Adams (1863). "". Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3d ser., xi, page 19.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Leiopyrga H. Adams & A. Adams, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512313 on 2012-11-23
  3. H. Pilsbry, Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
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