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Leiopyrga

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Superfamily
  
Trochoidea

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Clade
  
Vetigastropoda

Family
  
Trochidae

Leiopyrga

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Leiopyrga is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

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Description

Thethin, perforate, elongated, narrow shell is somewhat turrited. The whorls are convex, rounded or carinated. The oval aperture is small. The columella is arcuate, not truncated at its base. This genus differs from Bankivia by its umbilicus.

Species

  • Leiopyrga cingulata Adams, 1864
  • Leiopyrga lineolaris Gould, A.A., 1861
  • Leiopyrga octona Tate, 1891
  • Species brought into synonymy
  • Leiopyrga picturata H. & A. Adams, 1863: synonym of Leiopyrga lineolaris Gould, A.A., 1861
  • References

    Leiopyrga Wikipedia