Biology:Leufroyia concinna

Short description: Species of gastropod

Leufroyia concinna
Shell of Leufroyia concinna (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Leufroyia
Species:	L. concinna
Binomial name
Leufroyia concinna (Scacchi, 1836)
Synonyms
Fusus boothii J. Smith, 1839 Leufroyia boothii Smith, 1839 Philbertia concinna (Scacchi, 1836) Pleurotoma concinna Scacchi, 1836 (basionym) Raphitoma (Leufroyia) boothii (J. Smith, 1839) Raphitoma (Leufroyia) concinna (Scacchi, 1836)· accepted, alternate representation Raphitoma (Leufroyia) scacchii De Casa & Hallgass, 1979 Raphitoma boothii Smith, 1839 Raphitoma concinna (Scacchi, 1836) Raphitoma concinna Monterosato, 1877 Raphitoma concinna Locard & Caziot, 1900 Raphitoma scacchii De Casa & Hallgass, 1979

Leufroyia concinna is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

Subspecies

• Leufroyia concinna maderensis (F. Nordsieck & F.F. Talavera, 1979) (synonym: Raphitoma concinna maderensis F. Nordsieck & F.F. Talavera, 1979 )

Description

The shell grows to a length of 13 mm, its diameter 6 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters and in the entire Mediterranean Sea and in the NE Atlantic Ocean off the Azores up Norway and south up to Canary Islands

References

• Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (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)
• Terlizzi, A.; Scuderi, D.; Fraschetti, S.; Anderson, M.J. (2005). Quantifying effects of pollution on biodiversity: a case study of highly diverse molluscan assemblages in the Mediterranean. Mar. Biol. 148(2): 293-305
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
• Marine Benthic Fauna List, Læsø, Denmark
• De Casa G. & Hallgass A. (1979). Osservazioni sul sottogenere Leufroyia del genere Raphitoma. Notiziario del C.I.S.MA. 1: 5-14
• Cretella, M., Crovato, C., Crovato, P., Fasulo, G. & Toscano, F., 2005. The malacological work of Arcangelo Scacchi (1810-1893). Part II: a critical review of Scacchian taxa. Bollettino Malacologico 40(9-12): 114-131

External links

• "Raphitoma (Leufroyia) concinna" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/9/Shell_8579.shtml. 
• Scacchi, A. (1836). Catalogus Conchyliorum regni Neapolitani. Neapoli [Naples], Typis Filiatre-Sebetii 18 p., 1 pl
• Bucquoy E., Dautzenberg P. & Dollfus G. (1882-1886). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome Ier. Gastropodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils 570 p., 66 pl.
• Smith J. (1839). On the last changes in the relative levels of the land and sea in the British Islands. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society (Edinburgh) 8: 49-113 pl. 1-2
• Fassio, G.; Russini, V.; Pusateri, F.; Giannuzzi-Savelli, R.; Høisæter, T.; Puillandre, N.; Modica, M. V.; Oliverio, M. (2019). An assessment of Raphitoma and allied genera (Neogastropoda: Raphitomidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies
• Terlizzi, A.; Scuderi, D.; Fraschetti, S.; Anderson, M. J. (2005). Quantifying effects of pollution on biodiversity: a case study of highly diverse molluscan assemblages in the Mediterranean. Marine Biology. 148, 293-305

Wikidata ☰ Q3200666 entry