Leucozonia
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Leucozonia is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Fasciolariidae
, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.
fossil species:
synonyms:
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)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
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 cerataLeucozonia cerataLeucozonia 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 leucozonalisLeucozonia leucozonalisLeucozonia 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 nassaLeucozonia nassaLeucozonia 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 ocellataLeucozonia ocellataLeucozonia 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 ponderosaLeucozonia ponderosaLeucozonia 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 rudisLeucozonia rudisLeucozonia 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 triserialisLeucozonia triserialisLeucozonia 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 tuberculataLeucozonia tuberculataLeucozonia 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 PliocenePlioceneThe 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 RepublicDominican RepublicThe 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 MioceneMioceneThe 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 smaragdulaLatirolagena smaragdulaLatirolagena 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)