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 > Genus Leucophytia

Leucophytia bidentata (Montagu, 1808)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Leucophytia*	Winckworth, 1949	accepted genus name
*Leuconia*	Gray, 1840	junior homonym
*Auriculinella (Leucophytia)*	Winckworth, 1949	synonym
*Conovulus (Leuconia)*	Gray, 1840	synonym

Species group names

*Missing bivonae*	Philippi, 1844	subjective synonym
*Missing kobelti*	Caruana Gatto, 1890	subjective synonym
*Alexia kobelti*	Caruana-Gatto, 1890	synonym
*Alexia paivana*	L. Pfeiffer, 1866	synonym
*Auricula bivonae*	R. A. Philippi, 1841	synonym
*Auricula erosa*	Jeffreys, 1830	synonym
*Auricula micheli*	Mittre, 1841	synonym
*Auriculinella bidentata*	(Montagu, 1808)	synonym
*Leuconia bidentata*	(Montagu, 1808)	synonym; nom. inval.
*Leuconia bivonae*	(R. A. Philippi, 1841)	synonym
*Voluta alba*	W. Turton, 1819	synonym
*Voluta bidentata*	Montagu, 1808	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: wit muizenoortje; wit muizeoortje sources: Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: two-toothed white snail sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: Zweizahn-Küstenschnecke

Literature

basis of record	Welter-Schultes, F.W. (2012). European non-marine molluscs, a guide for species identification. Planet Poster Editions, Göttingen. A1-A3, 1–679, Q1-Q78.
identification resource	Rowson, B., Powell, H., Willing, M., Dobson, M. & Shaw, H. (2021). Freshwater Snails of Britain and Ireland. FSC Publications, Telford, UK.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Leucophytia bidentata (Montagu, 1808). 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:153949

Ruud A. Bank. Leucophytia bidentata (Montagu, 1808). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/c5f251e9-b5a9-40fb-9e08-c94aa26c43d6