Marinula

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Marinula
Marinula xanthostoma 002.jpg
Marinula xanthostoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
(unranked):
Superfamily:
Ellobioidea
Family:
Subfamily:
Genus:
Marinula

King & Broderip, 1832
Synonyms[1]
  • Cremnobates Swainson, 1855
  • Maripythia Iredale, 1936 (unavailable name: no description)

Marinula is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ellobiidae.[1]

This genus is found in New Zealand.

Species[]

Species within the genus Marinula include:

  • (d'Orbigny, 1835)
  • (C. B. Adams, 1852)
  • Marinula filholi Hutton, 1878
  • Vélain, 1877
  • (Swainson, 1855)
  • King, 1832
  • Pilsbry, 1910
  • Marinula striata Odhner, 1924
  • Connolly, 1915 [1]
  • Connolly, 1915
Species brought into synonymy
  • Subgenus Marinula (Monica) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855: synonym of Ovatella Bivona-Bernardi, 1832
  • (Férussac, 1821): synonym of Férussac, 1821
  • Marinula chathamensis Finlay, 1928: synonym of Marinula filholi Hutton, 1878

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). Marinula King, 1832. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206085 on 2015-02-24
  • King, P.P. (1832) Description of the Cirrhipeda, Conchifera and Mollusca, in a collection formed by the officers of H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle employed between the years 1826 and 1830 in surveying the southern coasts of South America, including the Straits of Magalhaens and the coast of Tierra del Fuego. Zoological Journal, 5: 332-349
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1


Retrieved from ""