Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Superorder Eupulmonata > Order Ellobiida > Superfamily Ellobioidea > Family Ellobiidae > Subfamily Ellobiinae

Leucophytia Winckworth, 1949

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Leuconia Gray, 1840 junior homonym; nom. inval.
Auriculinella (Leucophytia) Winckworth, 1949 synonym
Conovulus (Leuconia) Gray, 1840 synonym

Children

Leucophytia bidentata (Montagu, 1808)

Literature

original description

Winckworth, R. (1949). A new name for Leuconia Gray. Journal of Conchology. 23 (2): 38.

basis of record

Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Leucophytia Winckworth, 1949. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153944

Ruud A. Bank. Leucophytia Winckworth, 1949. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/9e15ddef-b4fe-47d2-aa32-eb247a33c118

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, brackish, fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153944
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:425346

Last modified

2020-08-10 by Ruud A. Bank & by Philippe Bouchet

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