Leucozonia
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Leucozonia is a genus
Genus
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 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)
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 gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
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 Fasciolariidae
Fasciolariidae
Fasciolariidae, common name the "tulip snails and spindle snails", is a family of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea....

, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.

Species

Species within the genus Leucozonia include:
  • Leucozonia cerata
    Leucozonia cerata
    Leucozonia cerata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies....

    (Wood, 1828)
  • Leucozonia leucozonalis
    Leucozonia leucozonalis
    Leucozonia leucozonalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.-Distribution:Cuba, Hispaniola, and Grand Cayman Island -References:...

    (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Leucozonia nassa
    Leucozonia nassa
    Leucozonia nassa, common name : the chestnut nassa, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.-Description:...

    (Gmelin, 1791) - type species
  • Leucozonia ocellata
    Leucozonia ocellata
    Leucozonia ocellata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies....

    (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Leucozonia ponderosa
    Leucozonia ponderosa
    Leucozonia ponderosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies....

    Vermeij & Snyder, 1998
  • Leucozonia rudis
    Leucozonia rudis
    Leucozonia rudis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies....

    (Reeve, 1847)
  • Leucozonia triserialis
    Leucozonia triserialis
    Leucozonia triserialis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies....

    (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Leucozonia tuberculata
    Leucozonia tuberculata
    Leucozonia tuberculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies....

    (Broderip, 1833)


fossil species:
  • Leucozonia rhomboidea (Gabb, 1873) from the Gurabo Formation (early Pliocene
    Pliocene
    The Pliocene Epoch is the period in the geologic timescale that extends from 5.332 million to 2.588 million years before present. It is the second and youngest epoch of the Neogene Period in the Cenozoic Era. The Pliocene follows the Miocene Epoch and is followed by the Pleistocene Epoch...

    ) of the Dominican Republic
    Dominican Republic
    The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...

  • Leucozonia striatula Vermeij, 1997, from the Cercado (late Miocene
    Miocene
    The Miocene is a geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about . The Miocene was named by Sir Charles Lyell. Its name comes from the Greek words and and means "less recent" because it has 18% fewer modern sea invertebrates than the Pliocene. The Miocene follows the Oligocene...

    ) and basal Gurabo Formations of the Dominican Republic


synonyms:
  • Leucozonia smaragdula (Linnaeus, 1758) is a synonym of Latirolagena smaragdula
    Latirolagena smaragdula
    Latirolagena smaragdula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies....

    (Linnaeus, 1758)
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