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.Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
Species Species within the genus Leucozonia include: Leucozonia cerata (Wood, 1828) Leucozonia granulilabris (Vermeij & Snyder, 2004) Leucozonia leucozonalis (Lamarck, 1822) Leucozonia nassa (Gmelin, 1791) - type speciesVermeij G. J. & Snyder M. A. (2002). "Leucozonia and related genera of fasciolariid gastropods: Shell-based taxonomy and relationships". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 152(1): 23-44. . Leucozonia ocellata (Gmelin, 1791) Leucozonia ponderosa Vermeij & Snyder, 1998 Leucozonia rudis (Reeve, 1847) Leucozonia triserialis (Lamarck, 1822) Leucozonia tuberculata (Broderip, 1833)
fossil species: Leucozonia rhomboidea (Gabb, 1873) from the Gurabo Formation (early Pliocene) of the Dominican Republic Leucozonia striatula Vermeij, 1997, from the Cercado (late Miocene) and basal Gurabo Formations of the Dominican Republic
synonyms Leucozonia caribbeana Weisbord, 1962: synonym of Leucozonia nassa (Gmelin, 1791) Leucozonia jacarusoi Petuch, 1987: synonym of Leucozonia nassa (Gmelin, 1791) Leucozonia knorrii (Deshayes, 1843): synonym of Leucozonia nassa (Gmelin, 1791) Leucozonia smaragdula (Linnaeus, 1758) is a synonym of Latirolagena smaragdula (Linnaeus, 1758)Bouchet, P. (2011). Leucozonia smaragdula (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215666 on 2011-07-25 Leucozonia trinidadensis Mallard & Robin, 2005: synonym of Leucozonia nassa (Gmelin, 1791)
References
Snyder M.A. (2003). Four new species of Latirus (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae) from the Philippine Islands and the southern Caribbean. Iberus 20(3): 1-9.