Mucronalia

Mucronalia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda
Superfamily:	Eulimoidea
Family:	Eulimidae
Genus:	Mucronalia; A. Adams, 1860
Type species
	Mucronalia bicincta A. Adams, 1860;

Mucronalia is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Eulimidae.^[1]

This genus was first described in 1860 by Arthur Adams in his paper, "On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan".^[2]

These sea snails are thought to be parasitic on ophiuroids (brittle stars).^[3]

Species[]

Species within the genera Mucronalia include:^[4]

A. Adams, 1860 (Type taxon)
Melvill, 1906
Dall, 1927
Melvill, 1906
A. Adams, 1862
G. B. Sowerby III, 1915
Carpenter, 1865
Melvill, 1906
Dall, 1927
Habe, 1974
Melvill, 1904
Pease, 1860
Warén, 1980
Schepman, 1913

Taxon inquirendum

Mucronalia interrupta (A. Adams, 1864)

Nomen nudum

Mucronalia tumida ^{Pease MS, Tryon, 1886}

Species brought into synonymy

Mucronalia aethria Melvill, 1918: synonym of Melanella aethria (Melvill, 1918)
Mucronalia angulata Mandahl-Barth, 1949: synonym of (Mandahl-Barth, 1949)
Mucronalia birtsi Preston, 1904: synonym of Stilifer birtsi (Preston, 1904)
Mucronalia capillastericola Minichev, 1970: synonym of Goodingia capillastericola (Minichev, 1970)
Mucronalia cylindrica G. B. Sowerby III, 1900: synonym of Hypermastus cylindricus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1900)
Mucronalia eburnea Schepman & Nierstrasz, 1909: synonym of (Schepman & Nierstrasz, 1909)
Mucronalia gigas Kuroda & Habe, 1950: synonym of (A. Adams, 1854)
Mucronalia gracilis Pease, 1867: synonym of (Pease, 1867)
Mucronalia lactea A. Adams, 1864: synonym of Hypermastus lacteus (A. Adams, 1864)
Mucronalia leucophaes Tomlin & Schackleford, 1913: synonym of Echineulima leucophaes (Tomlin & Shackleford, 1913)
Mucronalia nidorum Pilsbry, 1956: synonym of Sabinella troglodytes (Thiele, 1925)
Mucronalia nitidula Pease, 1860: synonym of (Pease, 1860)
Mucronalia ovata Pease, 1861: synonym of Echineulima ovata (Pease, 1861)
Mucronalia palmipedis Koehler & Vaney, 1913: synonym of Apicalia palmipedis (Koehler & Vaney, 1913)
Mucronalia philippinarum G. B. Sowerby III, 1900: synonym of Echineulima philippinarum (G. B. Sowerby III, 1900)
Mucronalia suava Dall, 1927: synonym of Dall, 1927
Mucronalia subula A. Adams, 1864: synonym of Hypermastus subula (A. Adams, 1864)
Mucronalia varicosa Schepman, 1909: synonym of Goodingia varicosa (Schepman, 1909)
Mucronalia xanthias Watson, 1886: synonym of (Watson, 1888)

References[]

^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Mucronalia A. Adams, 1860". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
^ Adams, Arthur (1860). "On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan". Annals and Magazine of Natural History: 301.
^ Waren, Anders (1980). "Revision of the Genera Thyca, Stilifer, Scalenostoma, Mucronalia and Echineulima (Mollusca, Prosobranchia, Eulimidae)". Zoologica Scripta. 9: 187. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1980.tb00663.x.
^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Mucronalia A. Adams, 1860". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 15 August 2013.

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[1] "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Mucronalia A. Adams, 1860". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 15 August 2013.

[2] Adams, Arthur (1860). "On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan". Annals and Magazine of Natural History: 301.

[3] Waren, Anders (1980). "Revision of the Genera Thyca, Stilifer, Scalenostoma, Mucronalia and Echineulima (Mollusca, Prosobranchia, Eulimidae)". Zoologica Scripta. 9: 187. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1980.tb00663.x.

[4] "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Mucronalia A. Adams, 1860". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 15 August 2013.

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