Leufroyia concinna

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Leufroyia concinna
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Shell of Leufroyia concinna (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Leufroyia
Species:
L. concinna
Binomial name
Leufroyia concinna
(Scacchi, 1836)
Synonyms[1]
  • Fusus boothii J. Smith, 1839
  • Leufroyia boothii Smith, 1839
  • Philbertia concinna (Scacchi, 1836)
  • Pleurotoma concinna Scacchi, 1836 (basionym)
  • Raphitoma (Leufroyia) boothii (J. Smith, 1839)
  • Raphitoma (Leufroyia) concinna (Scacchi, 1836)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Raphitoma (Leufroyia) scacchii De Casa & Hallgass, 1979
  • Raphitoma boothii Smith, 1839
  • Raphitoma concinna (Scacchi, 1836)
  • Raphitoma concinna Monterosato, 1877
  • Raphitoma concinna Locard & Caziot, 1900
  • Raphitoma scacchii De Casa & Hallgass, 1979

Leufroyia concinna is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Subspecies
  • Leufroyia concinna maderensis (F. Nordsieck & F.F. Talavera, 1979) (synonym: Raphitoma concinna maderensis F. Nordsieck & F.F. Talavera, 1979 )

Description[]

The shell grows to a length of 13 mm, its diameter 6 mm

Distribution[]

This species occurs in European waters and in the entire Mediterranean Sea and in the NE Atlantic Ocean off the Azores up Norway and south up to Canary Islands

References[]

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Leufroyia concinna (Scacchi, 1836). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=195916 on 2019-11-28
  • Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom)
  • Terlizzi, A.; Scuderi, D.; Fraschetti, S.; Anderson, M.J. (2005). Quantifying effects of pollution on biodiversity: a case study of highly diverse molluscan assemblages in the Mediterranean. Mar. Biol. 148(2): 293-305
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Marine Benthic Fauna List, Læsø, Denmark
  • De Casa G. & Hallgass A. (1979). Osservazioni sul sottogenere Leufroyia del genere Raphitoma. Notiziario del C.I.S.MA. 1: 5-14

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