Leiosolenus Carpenter, 1857
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https://doi.org/ 10.11606/1807-0205/2022.62.068 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10839015 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0D3F353E-FFE8-FF93-FF10-06F3FF65FA52 |
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Felipe |
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Leiosolenus Carpenter, 1857 |
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Genus Leiosolenus Carpenter, 1857 View in CoL View at ENA
Diagnosis: Shell thin, cylindrical, longitudinally elongated, umbos subterminal or terminal, with rounded ends, sculpture of commarginal striae; calcareous depositions on outer surface; in some species they are extended beyond the posterior margin; hinge edentulous; shelter covered by calcareous conical tubes.
Type species: Leiosolenus spatiosus Carpenter, 1857 View in CoL , by monotypy.
Distribution: Almost cosmopolitan, Pacific and Atlantic coast of North America, Central America and South America; Red Sea; Eastern Atlantic from Europe to Angola; Indo Pacific from Eastern Africa to Australia and New Zealand ( Rios, 2009; Huber, 2010; Coan & ValentichScott, 2012; Kleemann & Maestrati, 2012; Von Cosel & Gofas, 2019; Valentich-Scott et al., 2020; MolluscaBase, 2022).
Remarks: Currently, species with outer calcareous deposition are included within Leiosolenus , and those without calcareous depositions in Lithophaga . Huber (2015) treated both genera as valid based on genetic and morphological results previously mentioned ( Owada, 2007; Liu et al., 2018; Audino et al., 2020). At the moment, Leiosolenus includes 35 valid species widely distributed ( Huber, 2010, 2015; Coan & Valentich-Scott, 2012; Velásquez et al., 2017; MolluscaBase, 2022, among others).
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