Laona (gastropod) explained

Laona is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Laonidae.^[1]

The species of this genus are found in Europe and America.

Species:

• Laona alternans
• Laona californica
• Laona chilla
• Laona condensa
• Laona confusa
• Laona grandioculi
• Laona nanseni
• Laona pruinosa
• Laona quadrata
• Laona thurmanni
• Laona ventricosa

Synonyms:

• Laona finmarchica (M. Sars, 1859): synonym of Praephiline finmarchica (M. Sars, 1859)
• Laona flexuosa (M. Sars, 1859): synonym of Laona pruinosa (W. Clark, 1827)

References

• Chaban E.M. & Soldatenko E.V. (2009) Description of a new genus Praephiline gen. nov. (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia: Philinidae). Zoosystematica Rossica 18(2): 205–211.

External links

• Sars, M. (1870). VII. Bidrag til Kundskab om Christianiafjordens Fauna, af M. Sars. II. Crustacea. Beskrivelse af nye, paa Annelider snyltende Copepodeformer. NYT Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne. 17(2-3): 113-226, pl. 8-13.
• Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Virzi, printed for the Author, Palermo, 152 pp.
• Oskars T.R., Bouchet P. & Malaquias M.A. (2015). A new phylogeny of the Cephalaspidea (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) based on expanded taxon sampling and gene markers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 89: 130-150
• Serge GOFAS, Ángel A. LUQUE, Joan Daniel OLIVER,José TEMPLADO & Alberto SERRA (2021) - The Mollusca of Galicia Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean); European Journal of Taxonomy 785: 1–114

Notes and References

1. Web site: Laona A.Adams, 1865 . www.gbif.org . 14 October 2021 . en.