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Leptogyra inflata

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Species of gastropod

Leptogyra inflata
Shell of Leptogyra inflata (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neomphaliones
Order: Neomphalida
Family: Melanodrymiidae
Genus: Leptogyra
Species: L. inflata
Binomial name
Leptogyra inflata
Warén & Bouchet, 1993

Leptogyra inflata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Melanodrymiidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 1.32 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (April 2021)

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Fiji Islands.

References

  1. Hess H., Beck F., Gensler H., Kano Y., Kiel S. & Haszprunar G. (2008). "Microanatomy, shell structure and molecular phylogeny of Leptogyra, Xyleptogyra and Leptogyropsis (Gastropoda: Neomphalida: Melanodrymiidae) from sunken wood ". Journal of Molluscan Studies 74(4): 383–401. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyn030.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Leptogyra inflata Warén & Bouchet, 1993. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536902 on 2021-04-30
  • Warén A. & Bouchet P. (1993) New records, species, genera, and a new family of gastropods from hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps. Zoologica Scripta 22: 1-90.
Taxon identifiers
Leptogyra inflata


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