Leucorhynchia

Leucorhynchia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Skeneidae
Genus:	Leucorhynchia Crosse, 1867
Type species
Leucorhynchia caledonica Crosse, 1867
Synonyms[1]
Teinostoma (Leucorhynchia) Crosse, 1867 Vitrinella (Leucorhynchia) Crosse, 1867

Leucorhynchia is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae.^[1]

Distribution[]

This marine species occurs off the Gulf of Oman, Singapore, Indo-Malaysia, Central and East Indian Ocean, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Tuvalu, Western Pacific Ocean, Queensland, Australia, and Western Africa.

Species[]

Species within the genus Leucorhynchia include:

References[]

• Trew, A., 1984. The Melvill-Tomlin Collection. Part 30. Trochacea. Handlists of the Molluscan Collections in the Department of Zoology, National Museum of Wales.
• Vaught, K. C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. Melbourne, Florida : American Malacologists. xii + 189 pp
• Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.
• Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp
• Rubio F. & Rolán E. (2019). The genus Leucorhynchia Crosse, 1867 (Gastropoda, Skeneidae) in the tropical Indo-Pacific. Museo de Historia Natural / Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. ISBN 978-84-8158-787-6. 287 pp.

External links[]

• Crosse H. (1867). Description d'un genre nouveau et de plusieurs espèces inédites provenant de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 15(3): 312-321
• Rubio & Rolàn, Contributions to the knowledge of micromolluscs of West Africa; 2 Archaeogastropoda of São Tomé & Principe; Iberus v.9 (1990)

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