# Leufroyia concinna

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Species of gastropod

Leufroyia concinna Shell of Leufroyia concinna (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Caenogastropoda Order: Neogastropoda Superfamily: Conoidea Family: Raphitomidae Genus: Leufroyia Species: L. concinna Binomial name Leufroyia concinna (Scacchi, 1836) Synonyms[1] Fusus boothii J. Smith, 1839 Leufroyia boothii Smith, 1839 Philbertia concinna (Scacchi, 1836) Pleurotoma concinna Scacchi, 1836 (basionym) Raphitoma (Leufroyia) boothii (J. Smith, 1839) Raphitoma (Leufroyia) concinna (Scacchi, 1836)· accepted, alternate representation Raphitoma (Leufroyia) scacchii De Casa & Hallgass, 1979 Raphitoma boothii Smith, 1839 Raphitoma concinna (Scacchi, 1836) Raphitoma concinna Monterosato, 1877 Raphitoma concinna Locard & Caziot, 1900 Raphitoma scacchii De Casa & Hallgass, 1979

***Leufroyia concinna*** is a [species](/source/Species) of [sea snail](/source/Sea_snail), a marine [gastropod](/source/Gastropod) [mollusk](/source/Mollusk) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Raphitomidae](/source/Raphitomidae).[1]

**Subspecies**

- *Leufroyia concinna maderensis* (F. Nordsieck & F.F. Talavera, 1979) (synonym: *Raphitoma concinna maderensis* F. Nordsieck & F.F. Talavera, 1979 )

## Description

The shell can grow to a length of 13 mm and a diameter of 6 mm. Generally, the color of shell is cream, white, light brown, or a mix of the previous colors.

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## Distribution

This species occurs in most European waters and is found in the entirety of the [Mediterranean Sea](/source/Mediterranean_Sea). It can also be found in the more northeastern waters of the Atlantic Ocean, off the [Azores](/source/Azores) up Norway and south up to [Canary Islands](/source/Canary_Islands).

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-WoRMS_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-WoRMS_1-1) MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Leufroyia concinna (Scacchi, 1836). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: [http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=195916](http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=195916) on 2019-11-28

- Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). *The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas*. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-948150-06-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-948150-06-8). vi, 508 (+ cd-rom)

- Terlizzi, A.; Scuderi, D.; Fraschetti, S.; Anderson, M.J. (2005).*Quantifying effects of pollution on biodiversity: a case study of highly diverse molluscan assemblages in the Mediterranean*. Mar. Biol. 148(2): 293-305

- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). *European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification*. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

- Marine Benthic Fauna List, Læsø, Denmark

- De Casa G. & Hallgass A. (1979). *Osservazioni sul sottogenere Leufroyia del genere Raphitoma.* Notiziario del C.I.S.MA. 1: 5-14

- Cretella, M., Crovato, C., Crovato, P., Fasulo, G. & Toscano, F., 2005. *The malacological work of Arcangelo Scacchi (1810-1893). Part II: a critical review of Scacchian taxa.* Bollettino Malacologico 40(9-12): 114-131

## External links

- ["*Raphitoma (Leufroyia) concinna*"](http://www.gastropods.com/9/Shell_8579.shtml). *Gastropods.com*. Retrieved 15 January 2011.

- [Scacchi, A. (1836). Catalogus Conchyliorum regni Neapolitani. Neapoli \[Naples\], Typis Filiatre-Sebetii 18 p., 1 pl](https://books.google.com/books?id=5w3-xBgAOnIC)

- [Bucquoy E., Dautzenberg P. & Dollfus G. (1882-1886). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome Ier. Gastropodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils 570 p., 66 pl.](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103592)

- [Smith J. (1839). On the last changes in the relative levels of the land and sea in the British Islands. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society (Edinburgh) 8: 49-113 pl. 1-2](https://books.google.com/books?id=TEIXAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA1)

- [Fassio, G.; Russini, V.; Pusateri, F.; Giannuzzi-Savelli, R.; Høisæter, T.; Puillandre, N.; Modica, M. V.; Oliverio, M. (2019). An assessment of Raphitoma and allied genera (Neogastropoda: Raphitomidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies](https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyz022)

- [Terlizzi, A.; Scuderi, D.; Fraschetti, S.; Anderson, M. J. (2005). Quantifying effects of pollution on biodiversity: a case study of highly diverse molluscan assemblages in the Mediterranean. Marine Biology. 148, 293-305](http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/75891.pdf)

Taxon identifiers Raphitoma concinna Wikidata: Q3200666 BOLD: 667546 CoL: 7SZGL EUNIS: 59360 GBIF: 4369295 iNaturalist: 482499 IRMNG: 10825008 NBN: NHMSYS0021055802 NCBI: 1028679 Open Tree of Life: 460699 SeaLifeBase: 99227 WoRMS: 139360

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