Leucozonia
| Leucozonia | |
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| Shell of Leucozonia triserialis (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Fasciolariidae |
| Genus: | Leucozonia Gray, 1847 |
| Type species | |
| Murex nassa Gmelin, 1791 | |
Leucozonia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]
Species[]
Species within the genus Leucozonia include:[1]
- Leucozonia cerata (Wood, 1828)[2][3]
- Leucozonia granulilabris (Vermeij & Snyder, 2004)
- Leucozonia leucozonalis (Lamarck, 1822)[3]
- Leucozonia nassa (Gmelin, 1791) - type species[3]
- Leucozonia ocellata (Gmelin, 1791)[3]
- Leucozonia ponderosa Vermeij & Snyder, 1998[3]
- Leucozonia rudis (Reeve, 1847)[3]
- Leucozonia triserialis (Lamarck, 1822)[3]
- Leucozonia tuberculata (Broderip, 1833)[3]
fossil species:
- Leucozonia rhomboidea (Gabb, 1873) from the Gurabo Formation (early Pliocene) of the Dominican Republic[3]
- Leucozonia striatula Vermeij, 1997, from the Cercado (late Miocene) and basal Gurabo Formations of the Dominican Republic[3]
- synonyms
- Leucozonia caribbeana Weisbord, 1962: synonym of Leucozonia nassa (Gmelin, 1791)
- Leucozonia jacarusoi Petuch, 1987: synonym of Leucozonia nassa (Gmelin, 1791)
- Leucozonia knorrii (Deshayes, 1843): synonym of Leucozonia nassa (Gmelin, 1791)
- Leucozonia smaragdula (Linnaeus, 1758) is a synonym of Latirolagena smaragdula (Linnaeus, 1758)[4]
- Leucozonia trinidadensis Mallard & Robin, 2005: synonym of Leucozonia nassa (Gmelin, 1791)
References[]
- ^ a b Leucozonia Gray, 1847. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 September 2010.
- ^ Leucozonia cerata (Wood, 1828). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Vermeij G. J. & Snyder M. A. (2002). "Leucozonia and related genera of fasciolariid gastropods: Shell-based taxonomy and relationships". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 152(1): 23-44. doi:10.1635/0097-3157(2002)152[0023:LARGOF]2.0.CO;2].
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2011). Leucozonia smaragdula (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215666 on 2011-07-25
- Snyder M.A. (2003). Four new species of Latirus (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae) from the Philippine Islands and the southern Caribbean. Iberus 20(3): 1-9.
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