Leiopyrga Explained

Leiopyrga is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.^[1]

Description

The thin, perforate, elongated, narrow shell is somewhat turreted. The whorls are convex, rounded or carinated. The oval aperture is small. The columella is arcuate, not truncated at its base. This genus differs from Bankivia by its umbilicus.^[2]

Species

• Leiopyrga cingulata Adams, 1864
• Leiopyrga lineolaris Gould, A.A., 1861
• Leiopyrga octona Tate, 1891

Species brought into synonymy:

• Leiopyrga picturata H. & A. Adams, 1863: synonym of Leiopyrga lineolaris Gould, A.A., 1861

References

• Tate, R. 1891. Descriptions of new species of Australian Mollusca, recent and fossil. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 14: 257-265
• Cotton, B.C. (1959). South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Adelaide : Govt. Printer.
• Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. (1962). A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum. 11
• Wilson, B. (1993). Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing. Vol.1 1st Edn

External links

• OBIS: Leiopyrga

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Leiopyrga H. Adams & A. Adams, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512313 on 2012-11-23
2. https://archive.org/details/manualofconcholo111tryo H. Pilsbry, Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia