''Linopyrga'' is a small

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of very small

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, pyramidellid

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 ...

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...

s or

micromollusk A micromollusk is a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine mollusks, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater mollusks also ...

s. This genus is currently placed in the subfamily

Chrysallidinae Chrysallidinae is a taxonomic group of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. Taxonomy Chrysallidinae has been one of eleven recognized subfamilies of the gastropod family ...

of the

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Odostomiidae Odostomiinae, ''Odostomia'' snails and their allies, is a taxonomic subfamily of minute parasitic sea snails. These are marine heterobranch gastropod mollusks, or micromollusks, in the family Pyramidellidae. Taxonomy The subfamily Odostomiinae h ...

.Rosenberg, G. (2011). Linopyrga Laws, 1941. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588336 on 2012-01-05

Shell description

The original description of the genus can be found at

Life history

Nothing is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As is true of most members of the

Pyramidellidae Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs. The great majority of species of pyrams are micromol ...

'' sensu lato'', they are (were) most likely

ectoparasite Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has ...

Species

Species within the genus ''Linopyrga'' include: * '' Linopyrga australis'' (Thiele, 1930) * '' Linopyrga bisculpta'' Laseron, 1951 * '' Linopyrga brevis'' (Pritchard, 1900) * '' Linopyrga ceria'' Laseron, 1951 * ''

Linopyrga fannyae ''Linopyrga fannyae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.Rosenberg, G. (2015). Linopyrga fannyae (Saurin, 1959). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at h ...

'' (Saurin, 1959) * ''

Linopyrga feriarum ''Linopyrga feriarum'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.Rosenberg, G. (2015). Linopyrga feriarum (Saurin, 1959). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...

'' (Saurin, 1959) * ''

Linopyrga fornix ''Linopyrga'' is a small genus of very small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks or micromollusks. This genus is currently placed in the subfamily Chrysallidinae of the family Odostomiidae.Rosenberg, G. (2011). Linopyrga Laws, 1941. Acce ...

'' Laseron, 1951 * † '' Linopyrga junior'' Laws, 1941 * '' Linopyrga lineata'' (Saurin, 1959) * '' Linopyrga nugatoria'' (Hedley, 1903) * '' Linopyrga ovalis'' (de Folin & Perier, 1875) * '' Linopyrga pascoei'' (Angas, 1867) * '' Linopyrga pegma'' (Laseron, 1951) * ''

Linopyrga perscalata ''Linopyrga'' is a small genus of very small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks or micromollusks. This genus is currently placed in the subfamily Chrysallidinae of the family Odostomiidae.Rosenberg, G. (2011). Linopyrga Laws, 1941. Acce ...

'' (Hedley, 1909) * ''

Linopyrga portseaensis ''Linopyrga portseaensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.Rosenberg, G. (2011). ''Linopyrga portseaensis'' (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1911). Accessed through: World Regist ...

'' (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1911) * ''

Linopyrga primitractus ''Linopyrga primitractus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.Rosenberg, G. (2015). Linopyrga primitractus (Saurin, 1959). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Sp ...

'' (Saurin, 1959) * † ''

Linopyrga pseudorugata ''Linopyrga'' is a small genus of very small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks or micromollusks. This genus is currently placed in the subfamily Chrysallidinae of the family Odostomiidae.Rosenberg, G. (2011). Linopyrga Laws, 1941. Acce ...

'' (Marshall & Murdoch) * ''

Linopyrga pulchra ''Linopyrga pulchra'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.Rosenberg, G. (2011). ''Linopyrga pulchra'' (Garrett, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Specie ...

'' (Garrett, 1873) * ''

Linopyrga punctigera ''Linopyrga'' is a small genus of very small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks or micromollusks. This genus is currently placed in the subfamily Chrysallidinae of the family Odostomiidae.Rosenberg, G. (2011). Linopyrga Laws, 1941. Acce ...

'' (A. Adams, 1860) * ''

Linopyrga rugata ''Linopyrga rugata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.Rosenberg, G. (2011). ''Linopyrga rugata'' (Hutton, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' (Hutton, 1886) (Type species) as ''Odostomia rugata'' * '' Linopyrga reticulata'' Laseron, 1959 * ''

'' (Hutton, 1886) * '' Linopyrga sanguis'' Laws, 1941 * ''

Linopyrga sinus ''Linopyrga sinus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.Rosenberg, G. (2015). Linopyrga sinus (Saurin, 1959). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http: ...

'' (Saurin, 1959) * '' Linopyrga tantilla'' (A, Adams, 1863)

References

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External links

''Linopyrga rugata'' illustration of type species

Pyramidellidae Gastropods of New Zealand {{Pyramidellidae-stub