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Linopyrga

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Pyramidellidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Pyramidelloidea

Subfamily
  
Chrysallidinae

Linopyrga

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.

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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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