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Leptogyra costellata Warén & Bouchet 2009

Leptogyra costellata

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Leptogyra costellata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melanodrymiidae.[2]

Description

Distribution

This species occurs at methane seeps in deep water off the Congo River.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Warén A. & Bouchet P. (2009). "New gastropods from deep-sea hydrocarbon seeps off West Africa". Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 56(23): 2326–2349. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.013
  2. ^ Hess H., Beck F., Gensler H., Kano Y., Kiel S. & Haszprunar G. (2008). "Microanatomy, shell structure and molecular phylogeny of Leptogyra, Xyleptogyra and Leptogyropsis (Gastropoda: Neomphalida: Melanodrymiidae) from sunken wood ". Journal of Molluscan Studies 74(4): 383–401. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyn030.
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Leptogyra costellata: Brief Summary

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Leptogyra costellata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melanodrymiidae.

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