Leufroyia concinna is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
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| Shell of Leufroyia concinna (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Leufroyia |
| Species: | L. concinna
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| Binomial name | |
| Leufroyia concinna (Scacchi, 1836)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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- Subspecies
- Leufroyia concinna maderensis (F. Nordsieck & F.F. Talavera, 1979) (synonym: Raphitoma concinna maderensis F. Nordsieck & F.F. Talavera, 1979 )
Description edit
The shell grows to a length of 13 mm, its diameter 6 mm
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in European waters and in the entire Mediterranean Sea and in the NE Atlantic Ocean off the Azores up Norway and south up to Canary Islands
References edit
- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Leufroyia concinna (Scacchi, 1836). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=195916 on 2019-11-28
- Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom)
- Terlizzi, A.; Scuderi, D.; Fraschetti, S.; Anderson, M.J. (2005). Quantifying effects of pollution on biodiversity: a case study of highly diverse molluscan assemblages in the Mediterranean. Mar. Biol. 148(2): 293-305
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
- Marine Benthic Fauna List, Læsø, Denmark
- De Casa G. & Hallgass A. (1979). Osservazioni sul sottogenere Leufroyia del genere Raphitoma. Notiziario del C.I.S.MA. 1: 5-14
- Cretella, M., Crovato, C., Crovato, P., Fasulo, G. & Toscano, F., 2005. The malacological work of Arcangelo Scacchi (1810-1893). Part II: a critical review of Scacchian taxa. Bollettino Malacologico 40(9-12): 114-131
External links edit
- "Raphitoma (Leufroyia) concinna". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
- Scacchi, A. (1836). Catalogus Conchyliorum regni Neapolitani. Neapoli [Naples], Typis Filiatre-Sebetii 18 p., 1 pl
- Bucquoy E., Dautzenberg P. & Dollfus G. (1882-1886). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome Ier. Gastropodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils 570 p., 66 pl.
- Smith J. (1839). On the last changes in the relative levels of the land and sea in the British Islands. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society (Edinburgh) 8: 49-113 pl. 1-2
- 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 Studies
- Terlizzi, A.; Scuderi, D.; Fraschetti, S.; Anderson, M. J. (2005). Quantifying effects of pollution on biodiversity: a case study of highly diverse molluscan assemblages in the Mediterranean. Marine Biology. 148, 293-305
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