Leufroyia leufroyi

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

Leufroyia leufroyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Leufroyia
Species:
L. leufroyi
Binomial name
Leufroyia leufroyi
(Michaud, 1828)
Synonyms
  • Clathurella mirabilis Locard, 1891 (dubious synonym)
  • Defrancia leufroyi (Michaud, 1828)
  • Defrancia leufroyi var. carnosula Jeffreys, 1867 (dubious syn.)
  • Homotoma inflata (De Cristofori, 1832)
  • Murex caudiculus Brusina, 1870
  • Pleurotoma inflata de Cristofori & Jan, 1832
  • Pleurotoma leufroyi Michaud, 1827 (original combination)
  • Pleurotoma zonalis Delle Chiaje, 1830
  • Raphitoma boothii Brown in Smith, 1839 (not Smith, 1839)
  • Raphitoma caudicula Nardo, 1848
  • Raphitoma cyrilli Scacchi, 1835
  • Raphitoma inflata (De Cristofori, 1832)
  • Raphitoma leufroyi (Michaud, 1828)
  • Raphitoma mirabilis Locard, 1891
  • Raphitoma zonalis Delle Chiaje, 1830

Description

The length of the shell reaches 16 mm, its diameter 7 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.;[1] fossils were found in Upper Pliocene strata in Italy.

References
  1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Leufroyia leufroyi (Michaud, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=248256 on 2019-11-28
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
  • Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp
  • Howson, C. M.; Picton, B. E. (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) pp.


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