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Vitrinella

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Vitrinella
Shell of Vitrinella canaliculata (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Vitrinellidae
Genus: Vitrinella
C. B. Adams, 1850
Type species
Vitrinella helicoidea C.B.Adams, 1850
Synonyms[1]
  • Vitrinella (Docomphala) Bartsch, 1907 alternate representation
  • Vitrinella (Vitrinellops) Pilsbry & Olsson, 1952 · alternate representation

Vitrinella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Vitrinellidae.[1]

Distribution

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This marine genus occurs off Gulf of Oman, New Caledonia, Fiji, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore and Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria)

Species

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Species brought into synonymy
Taxa inquirenda
  • Vitrinella carinifex Dall, 1927
  • Vitrinella massarita Dall, 1927
Nomine dubia
  • Vitrinella carinata (d'Orbigny, 1842)
  • Vitrinella cyclostomoides (Pfeiffer, 1840)
  • Vitrinella hyalina C. B. Adams, 1850
  • Vitrinella tincta C. B. Adams, 1850

References

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  1. ^ a b Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Vitrinella. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160067 on 2015-12-05
  • Dautzenberg, P., 1912. Mission Gruvel sur la côte occidentale d'Afrique (1909-1910), Mollusques marins. Annales de l'Institut Océanographique "1913"5(3): 111 p, 3 pls
  • Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179-279, pls 33-36
  • Iredale, T. 1930. Some notable name changes. The Australian Zoologist 6(2): 175
  • Fischer-Piette, E. & Nicklès, N., 1946. Mollusques nouveaux ou peu connus des côtes de l'Afrique occidentale. Journal de Conchyliologie 87: 42-81, pl 1
  • Pilsbry, H. A. & Olsson, A. A. (1952). Vitrinellidae of the Panamic Province: II. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 104: 35-88, pl. 2-13.
  • Laseron, 1956, Records of the Australian Museum, 24(11): 174
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
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