Leiocithara

Leiocithara is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Leiocithara
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Leiocithara
Hedley, 1922
Type species
Mangelia infulata
Hedley, 1909
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Eucithara porcellanea (Kilburn, 1992)
  • Leiocythara [sic] (misspelling)

Ch. Hedley originally proposed Leiocithara as a subgenus of Eucithara for a group of smooth shells having the contour of Eucithara, but without the characteristic grain sculpture.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Leiocithara include:

References


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