Leptoconchus

Leptoconchus is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, subfamily Coralliophilinae, the coral snails or coral shells.

Description

The thin shell is globosely pyriform, with a perforate axis. The umbilicus is partly concealed by the reflected inner lip. The spire is obtuse. The aperture is oblong, produced anteriorly into a wide subrecurved siphonal canal.
The mantle-margin is greatly thickened and fleshy. The tentacles are small, broad, and united at their bases. The eyes are small and black, on the outer side of the tentacles, near their tips. The foot is small, short, obtuse and rounded behind, with a thin, expanded, disk-like lobe in front, and the siphon is obsolete.
There is no operculum.

Species

The following species are currently accepted within Leptoconchus:

† Leptoconchus costatus Leptoconchus cumingii MassDeshayes, 1863Leptoconchus cyphastrae Massin, 1983
† Leptoconchus duvergieri Leptoconchus ellipticus Leptoconchus expolitus Leptoconchus inactiniformis A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011Leptoconchus inalbechi A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011Leptoconchus incrassa A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011Leptoconchus incycloseris A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011Leptoconchus infungites A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011Leptoconchus ingrandifungi A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011Leptoconchus ingranulosa A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011Leptoconchus inlimax A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011Leptoconchus inpileus A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011Leptoconchus inpleuractis A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011Leptoconchus inscruposa A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011Leptoconchus inscutaria A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011
† Leptoconchus intalpina A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011Leptoconchus jaegeri Rolle, 1863 Leptoconchus lamarckii Leptoconchus solidiusculus Leptoconchus vangoethemi Massin, 1983

;Taxa inquirenda:Leptoconchus cuvieri Deshayes, 1863Leptoconchus djedah Leptoconchus globulosus Leptoconchus maillardi Deshayes, 1863 Leptoconchus noumeae Risbec, 1953 Leptoconchus rostratus A. Adams, 1864 Leptoconchus ruppelii Deshayes, 1863 Leptoconchus serratus Leptoconchus tenuis
;Species brought into synonymy include:Leptoconchus fimbriatus : synonym of Coralliophila fimbriata

Leptoconchus lamarkii Deshayes, 1863: synonym of Leptoconchus lamarckii Deshayes, 1863 Leptoconchus robillardi Liénard, 1870: synonym of Coralliophila robillardi Leptoconchus schrenkii Lischke, 1871: synonym of Leptoconchus peronii Leptoconchus striatus Rüppell, 1835: synonym of ''Leptoconchus peronii''