MolluscaBase taxon details
Leptoconchus cyphastrae Massin, 1983
1435402 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1435402)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Massin C. (1983). Note on the genus <i>Leptoconchus</i> Rüppell, 1835 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Coralliophilidae) with the description of two new species, <i>Leptonchus vangoethemi</i> sp.n. and <i>Leptoconchus cyphastrae</i> sp.n., from Papua New Guinea. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Biologie.</em> 55(1): 1-16, pls 1-5.
page(s): 7, textfigs 5-6, pl. 3 [details]
page(s): 7, textfigs 5-6, pl. 3 [details]
Type locality contained in Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Leptoconchus cyphastrae Massin, 1983. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1435402 on 2025-09-10
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Massin C. (1983). Note on the genus <i>Leptoconchus</i> Rüppell, 1835 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Coralliophilidae) with the description of two new species, <i>Leptonchus vangoethemi</i> sp.n. and <i>Leptoconchus cyphastrae</i> sp.n., from Papua New Guinea. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Biologie.</em> 55(1): 1-16, pls 1-5.
page(s): 7, textfigs 5-6, pl. 3 [details]
additional source Blatterer H. (2019). Mollusca of the Dahab region (Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea). <em>Denisia.</em> 43: 1-480., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/DENISIA_0043_0001-0480.pdf
page(s): 315 [details]
page(s): 7, textfigs 5-6, pl. 3 [details]
additional source Blatterer H. (2019). Mollusca of the Dahab region (Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea). <em>Denisia.</em> 43: 1-480., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/DENISIA_0043_0001-0480.pdf
page(s): 315 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
