Linopyrga

Linopyrga is a small genus of very small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks or micromollusks. This genus is currently placed in the subfamily Chrysallidinae of the family Odostomiidae.^[1]

Linopyrga
Apertural view of Linopyrga tantilla
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Tribe:	Chrysallidini
Genus:	Linopyrga Laws, 1941
Type species
Odostomia rugata Hutton, 1886
Species
See text

Shell description

The original description of the genus can be found at:

Life history

Nothing is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As is true of most members of the Pyramidellidae sensu lato, they are (were) most likely ectoparasites.

Species

Species within the genus Linopyrga include:

• Linopyrga australis (Thiele, 1930)
• Linopyrga bisculpta Laseron, 1951
• Linopyrga brevis (Pritchard, 1900)
• Linopyrga ceria Laseron, 1951
• Linopyrga fannyae (Saurin, 1959)
• Linopyrga feriarum (Saurin, 1959)
• Linopyrga fornix Laseron, 1951
• † Linopyrga junior Laws, 1941
• Linopyrga lineata (Saurin, 1959)
• Linopyrga nugatoria (Hedley, 1903)
• Linopyrga ovalis (de Folin & Perier, 1875)
• Linopyrga pascoei (Angas, 1867)
• Linopyrga pegma (Laseron, 1951)
• Linopyrga perscalata (Hedley, 1909)
• Linopyrga portseaensis (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1911)
• Linopyrga primitractus (Saurin, 1959)
• † Linopyrga pseudorugata (Marshall & Murdoch)
• Linopyrga pulchra (Garrett, 1873)
• Linopyrga punctigera (A. Adams, 1860)
• Linopyrga rugata (Hutton, 1886) (Type species) as Odostomia rugata
• Linopyrga reticulata Laseron, 1959
• Linopyrga rugata (Hutton, 1886)
• Linopyrga sanguis Laws, 1941
• Linopyrga sinus (Saurin, 1959)
• Linopyrga tantilla (A, Adams, 1863)