Leptoconchus is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, subfamily Coralliophilinae, the coral snails or coral shells. Species The following species are currently accepted within Leptoconchus: Leptoconchus cumingii MassDeshayes, 1863 Leptoconchus cyphastrae Massin, 1983 Leptoconchus ellipticus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1823) Leptoconchus expolitus (Shikama, 1963) Leptoconchus inactiniformis A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011 Leptoconchus inalbechi A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011 Leptoconchus incrassa A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011 Leptoconchus incycloseris A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011 Leptoconchus infungites A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011 Leptoconchus ingrandifungi A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011 Leptoconchus ingranulosa A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011 Leptoconchus inlimax A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011 Leptoconchus inpileus A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011 Leptoconchus inpleuractis A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011 Leptoconchus inscruposa A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011 Leptoconchus inscutaria A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011 Leptoconchus intalpina A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011 Leptoconchus lamarckii (Deshayes, 1863 Leptoconchus massini A. Gittenberger & E. Gittenberger, 2011 Leptoconchus peronii (Lamarck, 1818) Leptoconchus solidiusculus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1872) Leptoconchus vangoethemi Massin, 1983 Taxa inquirenda Leptoconchus cuvieri Deshayes, 1863 Leptoconchus djedah (Chenu, 1843) Leptoconchus globulosus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1872) Leptoconchus maillardi Deshayes, 1863 Leptoconchus noumeae Risbec, 1953 Leptoconchus rostratus A. Adams, 1864 Leptoconchus ruppelii Deshayes, 1863 Leptoconchus serratus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1872) Leptoconchus tenuis (Chenu, 1843) Species brought into synonymy include Leptoconchus fimbriatus (A. Adams, 1852): synonym of Coralliophila fimbriata (A. Adams, 1852) Leptoconchus lamarkii Deshayes, 1863: synonym of Leptoconchus lamarckii Deshayes, 1863 (incorrect original spelling) Leptoconchus robillardi Liénard, 1870: synonym of Coralliophila robillardi (Liénard, 1870) Leptoconchus schrenkii Lischke, 1871: synonym of Leptoconchus peronii (Lamarck, 1818) Leptoconchus striatus Rüppell, 1835: synonym of Leptoconchus peronii (Lamarck, 1818) References Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp Oliverio M. (2008) Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. In: V. Héros, R.H. Cowie & P. Bouchet (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 196: 481-585. page(s): 557 External links Rüppell E. (1835 ["1834"). Description of a new genus of pectinibranchiated gasteropodous Mollusca (Leptoconchus). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 2: 105-106.] Sowerby, G. B., III. (1919). Notes on Magilus and its allies, substituting the generic name Magilopsis for Leptoconchus lamarcki, Deshayes. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 13(3-4): 75-77 Deshayes, G. P. (1863). Catalogue des mollusques