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''Leufroyia'' is a
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s, marine
gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000  extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the
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Raphitomidae Raphitomidae is a Family (biology), family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families" ...
.MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Leufroyia Monterosato, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=195915 on 2019-11-28


Description

(Original description) This is a distinct group with swollen
whorl A whorl ( or ) is an individual circle, oval, volution or equivalent in a whorled pattern, which consists of a spiral or multiple concentric objects (including circles, ovals and arcs). In nature File:Photograph and axial plane floral diagra ...
s. The axial ribs and the spirally striate riblets form a reticulate structure. The shell is internally smoothed. The
aperture In optics, the aperture of an optical system (including a system consisting of a single lens) is the hole or opening that primarily limits light propagated through the system. More specifically, the entrance pupil as the front side image o ...
is smooth, without denticles or grooves.Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp
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Species

Species within the genus ''Leufroyia'' include: * † '' Leufroyia aldrovandi'' (Millet, 1865) * † '' Leufroyia alternata'' (Millet, 1865) * † '' Leufroyia annegienae'' Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2020 * '' Leufroyia concinna'' (Scacchi, 1836) * '' Leufroyia erronea'' Monterosato, 1884 * † '' Leufroyia ferrierii'' Brunetti & Della Bella, 2006 * † '' Leufroyia hesseli'' Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2020 * † '' Leufroyia landreauensis'' (Ceulemans, Van Dingenen & Landau, 2018) * '' Leufroyia leufroyi'' (Michaud, 1828) * † '' Leufroyia ligeriana'' Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2020 † * † '' Leufroyia renauleauensis'' Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2020 † * † '' Leufroyia riccardoi'' Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2020 † * † '' Leufroyia seani'' Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2020 † * † '' Leufroyia turtaudierei'' (Ceulemans, Van Dingenen & Landau, 2018) * '' Leufroyia villaria'' (Pusateri & Giannuzzi-Savelli, 2008)


References


External links

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Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Raphitomidae

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 Studie

Crosse H. (1885). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee, pel Marchese di Monterosato [book review]. Journal de Conchyliologie 33: 139-142
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