Leptogyra

Leptogyra is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Melanodrymiidae, belonging to the clade Neomphalina.

This genus was originally placed in Skeneidae, then in Skeneinae within Turbinidae.

Species

Species within the genus Leptogyra include:

• Leptogyra alaskana <small>Bartsch, 1910</small>
• Leptogyra bujnitzkii <small>(Gorbunov, 1946)</small>
• Leptogyra constricta <small>B. A. Marshall, 1988</small>
• Leptogyra costellata <small>Warén & Bouchet, 2009</small>
• Leptogyra eritmeta <small>Bush, 1897</small>
• Leptogyra inconspicua <small>Bush, 1897</small>
• Leptogyra inflata <small>Warén & Bouchet, 1993</small>
• Leptogyra patula <small>B. A. Marshall, 1988</small>
• Leptogyra verrilli <small>Bush, 1897</small>

• Leptogyra africana <small>Bartsch, 1915</small>: synonym of Cirsonella africana <small>(Bartsch, 1915)</small> (original combination)

References

• 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

External links

• Bush, K. (1897). Revision of the marine gastropods referred to Cyclostrema, Adeorbis, Vitrinella and related genera with descriptions of some new genera and species belonging to the Atlantic fauna of America. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 10: 97-144