Folinella
| Folinella | |
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| Shell of Folinella acupicta | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subcohort: | Panpulmonata |
| Superfamily: | Pyramidelloidea |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Folinella Dall & Bartsch, 1904 |
| Type species | |
| Amoura anguliferens De Folin, 1873
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Folinella is a genus of minute sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Pyramidellidae within the tribe Chrysallidini.[1]
Description[]
The whorls of the teleoconch are sculptured similarly throughout. The axial ribs are rounded. The spiral markings consist of two tumid ridges, one at the periphery and one at the summit of the whorls; with many striations on the base.[2]
Species[]
- Peñas & Rolán, 2017
- (de Folin, 1873)
- Peñas & Rolán, 2017
- Folinella excavata (Phillippi, 1836)
- Folinella ghisottii van Aartsen, 1984
- Folinella holthuisi van Aartsen, Gittenberger E. & Goud, 1998
- Folinella moolenbeeki van Aartsen, Gittenberger E. & Goud, 1998
- Species brought into synonymy
- Folinella maoria (Powell, 1940): synonym of Powell, 1940
- Folinella navisa (Dall & Bartsch, 1907): synonym of Chrysallida navisa (Dall & Bartsch, 1907)
- Folinella quinquecincta (Carpenter, 1856): synonym of Ividella quinquecincta (Carpenter, 1857)
- Folinella robertsoni (Altena, 1975): synonym of Iolaea robertsoni (van Regteren Altena, 1975)
References[]
- ^ Gofas, S. (2011). Folinella. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=195918 on 2012-01-04
- ^ William Healy Dall and Paul Bartsch , "A Monograph of West American Pyramidellid Mollusks" , Smithsonian Institution, p. 13:1909
- Pimenta, Alexandre D., f. N. Santos, and Ricardo S. Absalão. 2008. Review of the genera Ividia, Folinella, Menestho, Pseudoscilla, Tryptichus and Peristichia (Gastropoda, Pyramidellidae) from Brazil, with descriptions of four new species. The Veliger 50: 171-184.
- Peñas A. & Rolán E. (2017). Deep water Pyramidelloidea from the central and South Pacific. The tribe Chrysallidini. ECIMAT (Estación de Ciencias Mariñas de Toralla), Universidade de Vigo. 412 pp.
External links[]
- To WoRMS
- Dall W.H. & Bartsch P. (1904). Synopsis of the genera, subgenera and sections of the family Pyramidellidae. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 17: 1-16
Categories:
- Gastropod genera
- Pyramidellidae
- Pyramidellidae stubs