Linopyrga
Genus of gastropods
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Linopyrga is a small genus of very small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks or micromollusks. This genus is currently placed in the subfamily Chrysallidinae of the family Odostomiidae.[1]
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| Apertural view of Linopyrga tantilla | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Tribe: | Chrysallidini |
| Genus: | Linopyrga Laws, 1941 |
| Type species | |
| Odostomia rugata Hutton, 1886 | |
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Shell description
Life history
Nothing is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As is true of most members of the Pyramidellidae sensu lato, they are (were) most likely ectoparasites.
Species
Species within the genus Linopyrga include:
- Linopyrga australis (Thiele, 1930)
- Linopyrga bisculpta Laseron, 1951
- Linopyrga brevis (Pritchard, 1900)
- Linopyrga ceria Laseron, 1951
- Linopyrga fannyae (Saurin, 1959)
- Linopyrga feriarum (Saurin, 1959)
- Linopyrga fornix Laseron, 1951
- † Linopyrga junior Laws, 1941
- Linopyrga lineata (Saurin, 1959)
- Linopyrga nugatoria (Hedley, 1903)
- Linopyrga ovalis (de Folin & Perier, 1875)
- Linopyrga pascoei (Angas, 1867)
- Linopyrga pegma (Laseron, 1951)
- Linopyrga perscalata (Hedley, 1909)
- Linopyrga portseaensis (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1911)
- Linopyrga primitractus (Saurin, 1959)
- † Linopyrga pseudorugata (Marshall & Murdoch)
- Linopyrga pulchra (Garrett, 1873)
- Linopyrga punctigera (A. Adams, 1860)
- Linopyrga rugata (Hutton, 1886) (Type species) as Odostomia rugata
- Linopyrga reticulata Laseron, 1959
- Linopyrga rugata (Hutton, 1886)
- Linopyrga sanguis Laws, 1941
- Linopyrga sinus (Saurin, 1959)
- Linopyrga tantilla (A, Adams, 1863)