Leptoconchus lamarckii

Leptoconchus lamarckii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1][2]

Leptoconchus lamarckii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Coralliophilinae
Genus: Leptoconchus
Species:
L. lamarckii
Binomial name
Leptoconchus lamarckii
Deshayes, 1863
Synonyms[1]
  • Leptoconchus lamarkii Deshayes, 1863 (incorrect original spelling)
  • Magilus lamarckii (Deshayes, 1863)

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Réunion.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Leptoconchus lamarckii Deshayes, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=550048 on 2019-01-06
  2. ^ Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.
  • Massin C. (1982). Contribution to the knowledge of two boring gastropods with an annotated list of the genera Magilus Montfort, 1810 and Leptoconchus Rüppell, 1835. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. 53: 1-28.
  • Oliverio, M. (2008). Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 196: 481-585
  • Oliverio M. 2008. Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the Marquesas Islands. Journal of Conchology 39(5): 569-584
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