Leptoconchus

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]

Leptoconchus
Leptoconchus peronii
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Leptoconchus

Rüppell, 1834
Species

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Synonyms[1]

Magilopsis G.B. Sowerby III, 1919

Species

Species within the genus Leptoconchus include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Leptoconchus Rüppell, 1834. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206175 on 2011-03-12
  • 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


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