''Ariella '' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of minute
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s or
micromollusk
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s in the
family
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Scissurellidae
Scissurellidae, sometimes known by the common name little slit snails, are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of minute sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda (acc ...
, the little slit snails.
[Bouchet, P. (2012). Ariella. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * At http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435296 on 2012-07-20]
Species
Species within the genus ''Ariella '' include:
* † ''
Ariella haliotimorpha''
Bandel, 1998
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Ariella campbelli''
Bandel, 1998: synonym of ''
Sinezona levigata''
(Iredale, 1908)
* ''Ariella lacuniformis''
(Watson, 1886): synonym of ''
Macromphalina lacuniformis''
(Watson, 1886) (species inquirenda)
* ''Ariella pauperata''
(Powell, 1933): synonym of ''
Sinezona pauperata''
Powell, 1933
* ''Ariella subantarctica''
(Hedley, 1916): synonym of ''
Sinezona subantarctica''
(Hedley, 1916)
References
* Geiger D.L. (2003) ''Phylogenetic assessment of characters proposed for the generic classification of Recent Scissurellidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) with a description of one new genus and six new species from Easter Island and Australia''. Molluscan Research 23: 21-83
* Geiger D.L. (2012) ''Monograph of the little slit shells. Volume 1. Introduction, Scissurellidae. pp. 1-728. Volume 2. Anatomidae, Larocheidae, Depressizonidae, Sutilizonidae, Temnocinclidae''. pp. 729–1291. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs Number 7
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Scissurellidae