Leucozonia
Leucozonia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.
Description
The oval shell is subglobose. The spire is moderate. The aperture is oblong. The siphonal canal is short. The columella is subflexuous and shows small, oblique, unequal plaits. The outer lip is subacute, with a tooth or tubercle at the fore part.Species
Species within the genus Leucozonia include:Leucozonia cerata Leucozonia granulilabris Leucozonia leucozonalis Leucozonia nassa - type speciesLeucozonia ocellata Leucozonia ponderosa Vermeij & Snyder, 1998Leucozonia rudis Leucozonia triserialis Leucozonia tuberculatafossil species:Leucozonia rhomboidea from the Gurabo Formation of the Dominican Republic
- Leucozonia striatula Vermeij, 1997, from the Cercado and basal Gurabo Formations of the Dominican Republic