Leptogyra inflata

Leptogyra inflata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melanodrymiidae.[1] [2]

Leptogyra inflata
Shell of Leptogyra inflata (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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L. inflata
Binomial name
Leptogyra inflata
Warén & Bouchet, 1993

Description

The length of the shell attains 1.32 mm.

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.


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