Biology:Leufroyia concinna

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Leufroyia concinna
Leufroyia concinna 001.jpg
Shell of Leufroyia concinna (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Leufroyia
Species:
L. concinna
Binomial name
Leufroyia concinna
(Scacchi, 1836)
Synonyms[1]
  • Fusus boothii J. Smith, 1839
  • Leufroyia boothii Smith, 1839
  • Philbertia concinna (Scacchi, 1836)
  • Pleurotoma concinna Scacchi, 1836 (basionym)
  • Raphitoma (Leufroyia) boothii (J. Smith, 1839)
  • Raphitoma (Leufroyia) concinna (Scacchi, 1836)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Raphitoma (Leufroyia) scacchii De Casa & Hallgass, 1979
  • Raphitoma boothii Smith, 1839
  • Raphitoma concinna (Scacchi, 1836)
  • Raphitoma concinna Monterosato, 1877
  • Raphitoma concinna Locard & Caziot, 1900
  • Raphitoma scacchii De Casa & Hallgass, 1979

Leufroyia concinna is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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
  • 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. ISBN:0-948150-06-8. 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

Wikidata ☰ Q3200666 entry