Leptoxis

Leptoxis compacta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cerithioidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Gastropoda Subclassis: Caenogastropoda Superfamilia Incertae sedis: Cerithioidea

Familia: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Leptoxis
Species: L. ampla – L. compacta – L. taeniata

Name

Leptoxis Rafinesque, 1819

• Type species: Melania praerosa Say, 1821 (type by subsequent designation)

Synonyms (5)

• Alleghenya Clench & Boss, 1967
• Anculosa Say, 1821
• Anculosa (Mudalia) Haldeman, 1840
• Anculotus
• Nitocris H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 (non Rafinesque 1815 [Hymenoptera])

References

Primary references

• Rafinesque, C.S. 1819. Journ. de Physique 88, 424.
• Whelan, N.V., Johnson, P.D., Garner, J.T. & Strong, E.E. 2017. On the identity of Leptoxis taeniata – a misapplied name for the threatened Painted Rocksnail (Cerithioidea, Pleuroceridae). ZooKeys 697: 21—36. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.697.14060. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Say, T. 1821. Descriptions of univalve shells of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2(1): 149–179. BHL. Reference page.  (original description of Anculosa Say, 1821: 178)