Leufroyia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
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| Shell of Leufroyia villaria (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Leufroyia Monterosato, 1884 |
| Type species | |
| Pleurotoma leufroyi Michaud, 1828
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Raphitoma (Leufroyia) Monterosato, 1884 | |
Description
edit(Original description) This is a distinct group with swollen whorls. The axial ribs and the spirally striate riblets form a reticulate structure. The shell is internally smoothed. The aperture is smooth, without denticles or grooves.[2]
Species
editSpecies within the genus Leufroyia include:
- † Leufroyia aldrovandi (Millet, 1865)
- † Leufroyia alternata (Millet, 1865)
- † Leufroyia annegienae Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2020
- Leufroyia concinna (Scacchi, 1836)
- Leufroyia erronea Monterosato, 1884
- † Leufroyia ferrierii Brunetti & Della Bella, 2006
- † Leufroyia hesseli Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2020
- † Leufroyia landreauensis (Ceulemans, Van Dingenen & Landau, 2018)
- Leufroyia leufroyi (Michaud, 1828)
- † Leufroyia ligeriana Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2020 †
- † Leufroyia renauleauensis Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2020 †
- † Leufroyia riccardoi Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2020 †
- † Leufroyia seani Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2020 †
- † Leufroyia turtaudierei (Ceulemans, Van Dingenen & Landau, 2018)
- Leufroyia villaria (Pusateri & Giannuzzi-Savelli, 2008)
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Leufroyia Monterosato, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=195915 on 2019-11-28
- ^ Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp
External links
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- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Raphitomidae
- Fassio, G.; Russini, V.; Pusateri, F.; Giannuzzi-Savelli, R.; Høisæter, T.; Puillandre, N.; Modica, M. V.; Oliverio, M. (2019). An assessment of Raphitoma and allied genera (Neogastropoda: Raphitomidae). Journal of Molluscan Studie
- Crosse H. (1885). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee, pel Marchese di Monterosato [book review]. Journal de Conchyliologie 33: 139-142