Leptogyra inflata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Melanodrymiidae.[1] [2]
| Leptogyra inflata | |
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| Shell of Leptogyra inflata (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Neomphaliones |
| Order: | Neomphalida |
| Family: | Melanodrymiidae |
| Genus: | Leptogyra |
| Species: | L. inflata
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptogyra inflata Warén & Bouchet, 1993
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 1.32 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Fiji Islands.
References
edit- ^ Hess H., Beck F., Gensler H., Kano Y., Kiel S. & Haszprunar G. (2008). "Microanatomy, shell structure and molecular phylogeny of Leptogyra, Xyleptogyra and Leptogyropsis (Gastropoda: Neomphalida: Melanodrymiidae) from sunken wood ". Journal of Molluscan Studies 74(4): 383–401. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyn030.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Leptogyra inflata Warén & Bouchet, 1993. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536902 on 2021-04-30
- Warén A. & Bouchet P. (1993) New records, species, genera, and a new family of gastropods from hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps. Zoologica Scripta 22: 1-90.