''Leufroyia concinna'' is a
species 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 ...
, a 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 snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Raphitomidae
Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". ''Malacologia'' 47(1-2). . 39 ...
.
[MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Leufroyia concinna (Scacchi, 1836). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=195916 on 2019-11-28]
;Subspecies:
* ''Leufroyia concinna maderensis''
(F. Nordsieck & F.F. Talavera, 1979) (synonym: ''Raphitoma concinna maderensis''
F. Nordsieck & F.F. Talavera, 1979 )
Description
The shell grows to a length of 13 mm, its diameter 6 mm
Distribution
This species occurs in European waters and in the entire
Mediterranean Sea and in the NE Atlantic Ocean off the
Azores up Norway and south up to
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...
References
* Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). ''The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas''. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. . vi, 508 (+ cd-rom)
* Terlizzi, A.; Scuderi, D.; Fraschetti, S.; Anderson, M.J. (2005).'' Quantifying effects of pollution on biodiversity: a case study of highly diverse molluscan assemblages in the Mediterranean''. Mar. Biol. 148(2): 293-305
* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification''. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
* Marine Benthic Fauna List, Læsø, Denmark
* De Casa G. & Hallgass A. (1979). ''Osservazioni sul sottogenere Leufroyia del genere Raphitoma.'' Notiziario del C.I.S.MA. 1: 5-14
* Cretella, M., Crovato, C., Crovato, P., Fasulo, G. & Toscano, F., 2005. ''The malacological work of Arcangelo Scacchi (1810-1893). Part II: a critical review of Scacchian taxa.'' Bollettino Malacologico 40(9-12): 114-131
External links
*
Scacchi, A. (1836). Catalogus Conchyliorum regni Neapolitani. Neapoli [Naples], Typis Filiatre-Sebetii 18 p., 1 plBucquoy E., Dautzenberg P. & Dollfus G. (1882-1886). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome Ier. Gastropodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils 570 p., 66 pl.Smith J. (1839). On the last changes in the relative levels of the land and sea in the British Islands. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society (Edinburgh) 8: 49-113 pl. 1-2Fassio, G.; Russini, V.; Pusateri, F.; Giannuzzi-Savelli, R.; Høisæter, T.; Puillandre, N.; Modica, M. V.; Oliverio, M. (2019). An assessment of Raphitoma and allied genera (Neogastropoda: Raphitomidae). Journal of Molluscan StudiesTerlizzi, A.; Scuderi, D.; Fraschetti, S.; Anderson, M. J. (2005). Quantifying effects of pollution on biodiversity: a case study of highly diverse molluscan assemblages in the Mediterranean. Marine Biology. 148, 293-305
concinna
Gastropods described in 1836
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