MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
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): 3, textfigs 1-2, pl. 2 [details]
additional source
Gittenberger A. & Gittenberger E. (2011) Cryptic, adaptive radiation of endoparasitic snails: sibling species of <i>Leptoconchus</i> (Gastropoda: Coralliophilidae) in corals. <i>Organisms, Diversity and Evolution</i> 11: 21-41., available online at http://www.springerlink.com/content/eu2l45xh1h60j027/fulltext.pdf [details]