Leptoconchus

Leptoconchus
Leptoconchus peronii (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
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]

Species[]

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

• MassDeshayes, 1863
• Massin, 1983
• (G. B. Sowerby I, 1823)
• (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 lamarckii (Deshayes, 1863
• Leptoconchus massini A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011
• Leptoconchus peronii (Lamarck, 1818)
• (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[]

• 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[]

• 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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