Leiocithara

Leiocithara
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Leiocithara; Hedley, 1922
Type species
	Mangelia infulata; Hedley, 1909
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Eucithara porcellanea (Kilburn, 1992); Leiocythara [sic] (misspelling);

Leiocithara is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.^[1]

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.^[2]

Species edit

Species within the genus Leiocithara include:

Leiocithara angulata (Reeve, 1846)
Leiocithara apollinea (Melvill, 1904)
Leiocithara costellarioides Kilburn, 1992
Leiocithara infulata (Hedley, 1909)
Leiocithara lischkei (E. A. Smith, 1888)
Leiocithara longispira (E. A. Smith, 1879)
Leiocithara macrocephala (Thiele, 1925)
Leiocithara musae (Thiele, 1925)
Leiocithara opalina (E. A. Smith, 1882)
Leiocithara perlucidula Kilburn, 1992
Leiocithara porcellanea Kilburn, 1992
Leiocithara potti (Sturany, 1900)
Leiocithara translucens (Barnard, 1958)
Leiocithara zamula Kilburn, 1992

References edit

^ ^a ^b Bouchet, P. (2011). Leiocithara Hedley, 1922. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432487 on 2017-04-28
^ Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[WoRMS-1] Bouchet, P. (2011). Leiocithara Hedley, 1922. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432487 on 2017-04-28

[2] Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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