Leiocithara Explained

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

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

External links

• Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77, 273-308
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
• Worldwide Mollusk Data base : Mangeliidae
• Kilburn R.N. 1992. Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 6. Subfamily Mangeliinae, section 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 33: 461–575
• MNHN, Paris: Leiocithara sp.

Notes and References

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. https://archive.org/details/revisionofaustri00hedl Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56