Leiocithara
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| Leiocithara | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Leiocithara Hedley, 1922 |
| Type species | |
| Mangelia infulata Hedley, 1909 | |
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See text | |
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Leiocithara is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Ch. Hedley originally proposed Leiocithara as a subgenus of Eucithara for a group of smooth shells having the contour of Eucithara, but without the characteristic grain sculpture.[2]
