Leiocithara is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.Bouchet, P. (2011). Leiocithara Hedley, 1922. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432487 on 2017-04-28
Ch. Hedley originally proposed Leiocithara as a subgenus of Eucithara for a group of smooth shells having the contour of Eucithara, but without the characteristic grain sculpture. Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56
Species Species within the genus Leiocithara include: Leiocithara angulata (Reeve, 1846) Leiocithara apollinea (Melvill, 1904) Leiocithara costellarioides Kilburn, 1992 Leiocithara infulata (Hedley, 1909) Leiocithara lischkei (E. A. Smith, 1888) Leiocithara longispira (E. A. Smith, 1879) Leiocithara macrocephala (Thiele, 1925) Leiocithara musae (Thiele, 1925) Leiocithara opalina (E. A. Smith, 1882) Leiocithara perlucidula Kilburn, 1992 Leiocithara porcellanea Kilburn, 1992 Leiocithara potti (Sturany, 1900) Leiocithara translucens (Barnard, 1958) Leiocithara zamula Kilburn, 1992
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Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77, 273-308 Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295. Worldwide Mollusk Data base : Mangeliidae Kilburn R.N. 1992. Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 6. Subfamily Mangeliinae, section 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 33: 461–575 MNHN, Paris: Leiocithara sp.