Protoginella

Protoginella
Protoginella caledonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Volutoidea
Family:	Marginellidae
Subfamily:	Austroginellinae
Genus:	Protoginella Laseron, 1957
Type species
Marginella lavigata Brazier, 1877

Protoginella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Austroginellinae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.^[1]

Species[]

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Protoginella :^[2]

• † (May, 1922)
• † (Beu, 1970)
• † P. A. Maxwell, 1988
• Protoginella caledonica Boyer, 2001^[3]
• † P. A. Maxwell, 1992
• † (G. F. Harris, 1897)
• † (May, 1922)
• Protoginella laseroni Boyer, 2001^[4]
• (Brazier, 1877)
• Protoginella maestratii Boyer, 2002^[5]
• † (Tate, 1878)
• † (Marwick, 1965)
• Laseron, 1957
• T. Cossignani, 2011
• (Bavay, 1917)
• † (Tate, 1877)
• † (Marwick, 1926)

Synonyms

• Protoginella geminata (Hedley, 1912): synonym of (Hedley, 1912)
• † Protoginella labinensis P. A. Maxwell, 1988: synonym of † (P. A. Maxwell, 1988)
• † Protoginella parvisinus P. A. Maxwell, 1992: synonym of † (P. A. Maxwell, 1992)
• Protoginella valida (R. B. Watson, 1886): synonym of (R. B. Watson, 1886)
• Protoginella weedingi (Cotton, 1944): synonym of (Hedley, 1912)

References[]

• Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp.

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