Linopyrga

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Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Pyramidellidae Rank Genus		Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Pyramidelloidea Subfamily Chrysallidinae

Similar Eulimella, Parthenina, Pyramidella, Chrysallida, Babella

Linopyrga is a small genus of very small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks or micromollusks. This genus is currently placed in the subfamily Chrysallidinae of the family Odostomiidae.

Shell description

The original description of the genus can be found at: [1]

Life history

Nothing is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As is true of most members of the Pyramidellidae sensu lato, they are (were) most likely ectoparasites.

Species

Species within the genus Linopyrga include:

Linopyrga australis (Thiele, 1930)

Linopyrga bisculpta Laseron, 1951

Linopyrga brevis (Pritchard, 1900)

Linopyrga ceria Laseron, 1951

Linopyrga fannyae (Saurin, 1959)

Linopyrga feriarum (Saurin, 1959)

Linopyrga fornix Laseron, 1951

† Linopyrga junior Laws, 1941

Linopyrga lineata (Saurin, 1959)

Linopyrga nugatoria (Hedley, 1903)

Linopyrga ovalis (de Folin & Perier, 1875)

Linopyrga pascoei (Angas, 1867)

Linopyrga pegma (Laseron, 1951)

Linopyrga perscalata (Hedley, 1909)

Linopyrga portseaensis (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1911)

Linopyrga primitractus (Saurin, 1959)

† Linopyrga pseudorugata (Marshall & Murdoch)

Linopyrga pulchra (Garrett, 1873)

Linopyrga punctigera (A. Adams, 1860)

Linopyrga rugata (Hutton, 1886) (Type species) as Odostomia rugata

Linopyrga reticulata Laseron, 1959

Linopyrga rugata (Hutton, 1886)

Linopyrga sanguis Laws, 1941

Linopyrga sinus (Saurin, 1959)

Linopyrga tantilla (A, Adams, 1863)

References

Linopyrga Wikipedia

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Contents

Shell description

Life history

Species

References