Leiocithara is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.
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.
Species
Species within the genus Leiocithara include:
- Leiocithara angulata <small>(Reeve, 1846)</small>
- Leiocithara apollinea <small>(Melvill, 1904)</small>
- Leiocithara costellarioides <small>Kilburn, 1992</small>
- Leiocithara infulata <small>(Hedley, 1909)</small>
- Leiocithara lischkei <small>(E. A. Smith, 1888)</small>
- Leiocithara longispira <small>(E. A. Smith, 1879)</small>
- Leiocithara macrocephala <small>(Thiele, 1925)</small>
- Leiocithara musae <small>(Thiele, 1925)</small>
- Leiocithara opalina <small>(E. A. Smith, 1882)</small>
- Leiocithara perlucidula <small>Kilburn, 1992</small>
- Leiocithara porcellanea <small>Kilburn, 1992</small>
- Leiocithara potti <small>(Sturany, 1900)</small>
- Leiocithara translucens <small>(Barnard, 1958)</small>
- Leiocithara zamula <small>Kilburn, 1992</small>
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