WoRMS taxon details
original description
Rüppell E. (1835 ["1834"]). Description of a new genus of pectinibranchiated gasteropodous Mollusca (<i>Leptoconchus</i>). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 2: 105-106., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30568448 [details]
original description
(of Magilopsis G. B. Sowerby III, 1919) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1919). Notes on <i>Magilus</i> and its allies, substituting the generic name <i>Magilopsis</i> for <i>Leptoconchus lamarcki</i>, Deshayes. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 13(3-4): 75-77., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15770919 page(s): 77 [details]
additional source
Deshayes, G. P. (1863). Catalogue des mollusques de l'île de la Réunion (Bourbon). Pp. 1-144. In Maillard, L. (Ed.) Notes sur l'Ile de la Réunion. Dentu, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13068117 page(s): 117-128. [details]
additional source
Gittenberger A. & Gittenberger E. (2011) Cryptic, adaptive radiation of endoparasitic snails: sibling species of <i>Leptoconchus</i> (Gastropoda: Coralliophilidae) in corals. <i>Organisms, Diversity and Evolution</i> 11: 21-41., available online at http://www.springerlink.com/content/eu2l45xh1h60j027/fulltext.pdf [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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