''Mucronalia'' 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 very small
parasitic
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives (at least some of the time) on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The ent ...
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
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s or
micromollusk
A micromollusc is a shelled mollusc which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine molluscs, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater molluscs also ...
s in the
family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
Eulimidae
Eulimidae is a family of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Vanikoroidea.
Description
These small parasitic snails live on (or in some cases in) the bodies of echinoderms such as sea cucumbers, se ...
.
This genus was first described in 1860 by
Arthur Adams in his paper, "On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan".
These sea snails are thought to be parasitic on
ophiuroids (brittle stars).
Species
Species within the genera ''Mucronalia'' include:
*''
Mucronalia bicincta''
A. Adams, 1860 (
Type taxon)
*''
Mucronalia bizonula''
Melvill, 1906
*''
Mucronalia bulimuloides''
Dall, 1927
*''
Mucronalia epibathra''
Melvill, 1906
*''
Mucronalia exilis''
A. Adams, 1862
*''
Mucronalia exquisita''
G. B. Sowerby III, 1915
*''
Mucronalia involuta''
Carpenter, 1865
*''
Mucronalia lepida''
Melvill, 1906
*''
Mucronalia mammillata''
Dall, 1927
*''
Mucronalia ophiuraphila''
Habe, 1974
*''
Mucronalia oxytenes''
Melvill, 1904
*''
Mucronalia rosea''
Pease, 1860
*''
Mucronalia trilineata''
Warén, 1980
*''
Mucronalia variabilis''
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 ''
Scalaribalcis angulata''
(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 ''
Stilapex eburnea'' (
Schepman & Nierstrasz, 1909)
* ''Mucronalia gigas''
Kuroda & Habe, 1950: synonym of ''
Melanella teinostoma''
(A. Adams, 1854)
* ''Mucronalia gracilis''
Pease, 1867: synonym of ''
Peasistilifer gracilis''
(Pease, 1867)
* ''Mucronalia lactea''
A. Adams, 1864: synonym of ''
Hypermastus lacteus''
(A. Adams, 1864)
* ''Mucronalia leucophaes''
Tomlin & Schackleford, 1913: synonym of ''
Echineulima leucophaes
''Echineulima leucophaes'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.Tomlin & Shackleford, 1913. Warén A. (1980). Revision of the genera Thyca, Stilifer, Scalenostoma, Mucronalia and Echineulima (Mollusca, P ...
''
(Tomlin & Shackleford, 1913)
* ''Mucronalia nidorum''
Pilsbry, 1956: synonym of ''
Sabinella troglodytes''
(Thiele, 1925)
* ''Mucronalia nitidula''
Pease, 1860: synonym of ''
Peasistilifer nitidula''
(Pease, 1860)
* ''Mucronalia ovata''
Pease, 1861: synonym of ''
Echineulima ovata
''Echineulima ovata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.Pease, 1861. Warén A. (2011). Checklist of Eulimidae. pers. com. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species
The World Register of Ma ...
''
(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
''Echineulima philippinarum'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.G.B. Sowerby III, 1900. Warén A. (1980). Revision of the genera Thyca, Stilifer, Scalenostoma, Mucronalia and Echineulima (Mollusca, Pr ...
''
(G. B. Sowerby III, 1900)
* ''Mucronalia suava''
Dall, 1927: synonym of ''
Mucronalia mammillata''
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 ''
Pelycidion xanthias''
(Watson, 1888)
References
Eulimidae
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