''Leiocithara'' is a

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Mangeliidae Mangeliidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized, predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. Bouchet, P. (2011). Mangeliidae P. Fischer, 1883. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Regis ...

.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 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

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

Species

Species within the genus ''Leiocithara'' include: * ''

Leiocithara angulata ''Leiocithara angulata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Leiocithara angulata (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www. ...

'' (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

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.

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.
Gastropod genera {{Mangeliidae-stub