''Leptogyropsis'' is a
genus of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s,
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family Melanodrymiidae, belonging to the clade
Neomphalina.
[Hess H., Beck F., Gensler H., Kano Y., Kiel S. & Haszprunar G. (2008). "Microanatomy, shell structure and molecular phylogeny of ''Leptogyra'', ''Xyleptogyra'' and ''Leptogyropsis'' (Gastropoda: Neomphalida: Melanodrymiidae) from sunken wood ". '' Journal of Molluscan Studies'' 74(4): 383-401. .][Rosenberg, G. (2012). Leptogyropsis B. A. Marshall, 1988. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598371 on 2012-08-13]
Species
Species within the genus ''Leptogyropsis'' include:
* ''
Leptogyropsis inflata''
Hasegawa, 1997
* ''
Leptogyropsis kalinovoae
''Leptogyropsis'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises sn ...
''
B. A. Marshall, 1988
* ''
Leptogyropsis kaltanae''
B. A. Marshall, 1988
References
* Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.
External links
Marshall, B. A. (1988). Skeneidae, Vitrinellidae and Orbitestellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) associated with biogenic substrata from bathyal depths off New Zealand and New South Wales. Journal of Natural History. 22(4): 949-1004
Melanodrymiidae
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