Leucozonia

Leucozonia Temporal range: Late Miocene-Recent^[1] PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Genus:	Leucozonia Gray, 1847
Type species
Murex nassa Gmelin, 1791
Diversity
10 species (two of them are fossil)^[1]

Leucozonia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Leucozonia include: ^[2]

fossil species:

Leucozonia rhomboidea (Gabb, 1873) from the Gurabo Formation (early Pliocene) of the Dominican Republic^[1]
Leucozonia striatula Vermeij, 1997, from the Cercado (late Miocene) and basal Gurabo Formations of the Dominican Republic^[1]

synonyms:

Leucozonia smaragdula (Linnaeus, 1758) is a synonym of Latirolagena smaragdula (Linnaeus, 1758)^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Vermeij G. J. & Snyder M. A. (2002). "Leucozonia and related genera of fasciolariid gastropods: Shell-based taxonomy and relationships". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 152(1): 23-44. doi:10.1635/0097-3157(2002)152[0023:LARGOF]2.0.CO;2].
^ ^a ^b Leucozonia Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206786 on 5 September 2010.
^ Leucozonia cerata (Wood, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=448457 on 18 April 2010.
^ Bouchet, P. (2011). Leucozonia smaragdula (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215666 on 2011-07-25