''Amathina'' 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 small
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 heterobranch 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 ...
mollusc
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...
s or
micromollusc
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
Amathinidae.
[WoRMS (2010). ''Amathina'' Gray, 1842. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181104 on 2011-03-15]
''Amathina'' is the type genus of the family Amathinidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Amathina'' include:
* ''
Amathina oyamai''
Masuda & H. Noda, 1976
* ''
Amathina tricarinata''
(Linnaeus, 1767)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Amathina angustata''
Souverbie, 1875: synonym of ''Amathina tricarinata''
(Linnaeus, 1767)
* ''Amathina bicarinata''
Pease, 1861: synonym of ''
Trichamathina bicarinata''
(Pease, 1861) (superseded combination)
* ''Amathina imbricata''
G. B. Sowerby III, 1889: synonym of ''Hipponicidae incertae sedis imbricata''
G. B. Sowerby III, 1889 (not ''Amathina'', but rather
Hipponicidae
''Hipponicidae'', common name hoof shells or hoof snails, is a family of small sea snails, limpet-like marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Vanikoroidea
Vanikoroidea is a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the ...
)
* ''Amathina nobilis''
A. Adams, 1867: synonym of ''Trichamathina nobilis''
(A. Adams, 1867)
* ''Amathina tricostata''
(Gmelin, 1790):
[WoRMS (2010). ''Amathina tricostata'' (Gmelin, 1790). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215181 on 2011-03-15] synonym of ''Amathina tricarinata''
(Linnaeus, 1767)
* ''Amathina trigona''
G. B. Sowerby II, 1870: synonym of ''Amathina bicarinata''
Pease, 1861
* ''Amathina violacea''
(Angas, 1867): synonym of ''
Capulus violaceus''
Angas, 1867
* ''Amathina violaceus''
(Angas, 1867): synonym of ''Amathina violacea''
(Angas, 1867): synonym of ''
Capulus violaceus''
Angas, 1867 (incorrect gender ending)
References
External links
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10
Amathinidae
Gastropod genera
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