Leiopyrga

Leiopyrga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Leiopyrga
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1863 [1]
Type species
Leiopyrga lineolaris Gould, A.A., 1861

Leiopyrga is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]

Description

Thethin, perforate, elongated, narrow shell is somewhat turrited. The whorls are convex, rounded or carinated. The oval aperture is small. The columella is arcuate, not truncated at its base. This genus differs from Bankivia by its umbilicus.[3]

Species

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. H. and A. Adams, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 3d ser., xi, p. 19 (1863).
  2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Leiopyrga H. Adams & A. Adams, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512313 on 2012-11-23
  3. H. Pilsbry, Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

External links

External identifiers for Leiopyrga
WoRMS 512313