Leptoconchus Rüppell, 1834

Oliverio, Marco, 2009, Diversity of Coralliophilinae (Mollusca, Neogastropoda, Muricidae) at Austral Islands (South Pacific), Zoosystema 31 (4), pp. 759-789 : 781

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2009n4a2
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4520239
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scientific name	Leptoconchus Rüppell, 1834
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Genus Leptoconchus Rüppell, 1834 View in CoL

Leptoconchus Rüppell, 1834: 105 View in CoL .

Magilopsis G. B. Sowerby III, 1919: 77 View in CoL (type species by original designation: Leptococonchus lamarckii Deshayes, 1863 ; Recent, Indo-Pacific).

TYPE SPECIES. — Leptoconchus striatus Rüppell, 1835 (by subsequent monotypy of Rüppell 1835); Recent, Red Sea.

REMARKS

Leptoconchus was introduced ( Rüppell 1834) without associated species. Leptoconchus striatus Rüppell, 1835 is the type species by subsequent monotypy ( ICZN 1999: Arts 67.2.2, 69.3). Massin (1982, 1983, 1990, 1992, 2000) studied the ecology and taxonomy of the species in this group. A revision of the Leptoconchus species is currently being undertaken by Dr Arjan Gittenberger at the Leiden Museum of Natural History (Naturalis).