''Linopyrga'' is a small
genus
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of very small
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,
pyramidellid gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s or
micromollusk
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s. This genus is currently placed in the subfamily
Chrysallidinae
Chrysallidinae is a taxonomic group of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Taxonomy
Chrysallidinae has been one of eleven recognized subfamilies of the gastropod family Py ...
of the
family
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Odostomiidae
Odostomiinae, ''Odostomia'' snails and their allies, is a taxonomic subfamily of minute parasitic sea snails. These are marine heterobranch gastropod mollusks, or micromollusks, in the family Pyramidellidae.
Taxonomy
The subfamily Odostomiinae ...
.
[Rosenberg, G. (2011). Linopyrga Laws, 1941. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588336 on 2012-01-05]
Shell description
The original description of the genus can be found at
Life history
Nothing is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As is true of most members of the
Pyramidellidae
Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs. The great majority of species of pyrams are micromol ...
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sensu lato
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'', they are (were) most likely
ectoparasite
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s.
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
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, 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
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External links
''Linopyrga rugata'' illustration of type species
Pyramidellidae
Gastropods of New Zealand
Taxa named by Charles Reed Laws
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