Leptogyra
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Leptogyra is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....

s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...

 gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
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 Melanodrymiidae
Melanodrymiidae
Melanodrymiidae is a family of gastropods in the clade Vetigastropoda .This family has no subfamilies.- Genera and species :...

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This genus has been originally placed in Skeneidae, then in Skeneinae within Turbinidae
Turbinidae
Turbinidae, the turban snails, are a family of small to large marine gastropods. Turbinidae have a strong, thick calcareous operculum readily distinguishing them from the somewhat similar Trochidae or top snails, which have a corneous operculum...

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Species

Species within the genus Leptogyra include:
  • Leptogyra costellata
    Leptogyra costellata
    Leptogyra costellata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melanodrymiidae....

    Warén & Bouchet, 2009
  • Leptogyra eritmeta
    Leptogyra eritmeta
    Leptogyra eritmeta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melanodrymiidae....

    Bush, 1897
  • Leptogyra inconspicua
    Leptogyra inconspicua
    Leptogyra inconspicua is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melanodrymiidae....

    Bush, 1897
  • Leptogyra inflata
    Leptogyra inflata
    Leptogyra inflata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melanodrymiidae....

    Warén & Bouchet, 1993
  • Leptogyra verrilli
    Leptogyra verrilli
    Leptogyra verrilli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melanodrymiidae....

    Bush, 1897
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