Leptoconchus, Ruppell, 1834

Oliverio, Marco, 2008, Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 481-586 : 557

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Genus LEPTOCONCHUS Rüppell, 1834 View in CoL

Leptoconchus Rüppell, 1834: 105 . Type species (by subsequent monotypy of Rüppell 1835: 259): Leptoconchus striatus Rüppell, 1835 ; Recent, Red Sea.

Synonym:

Magilopsis G.B. Sowerby View in CoL [third of the name], 1919: 77. Type species (by original designation): Leptococonchus lamarckii Deshayes, 1863 ; Recent, Indo-Pacific.

REMARKS. — Leptoconchus was introduced (Rüppell 1834) without associated species. Leptoconchus striatus Rüppell, 1835 is the type species by subsequent monotypy (ICZN 1999: Articles 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 (Gittengerger 2006) at the National Museum of Natural History (Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands).