''Bonellia '' is a
genus
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of medium-sized
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
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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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 ...
.
[WoRMS (2014). Bonellia Deshayes, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565621 on 2014-12-17]
This genus has become a synonym of
Niso
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Risso, 1826
Not to be confounded with ''
Bonellia''
Rolando, 1822, a genus of worms in the family Bonelliidae of which it is a junior homonym.
Species
* ''
Bonellia obtusa''
Anton, 1838 (
taxon inquirendum
In biological classification, a ''species inquirenda'' is a species of doubtful identity requiring further investigation. The use of the term in English-language biological literature dates back to at least the early nineteenth century.
The ter ...
)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Bonellia brunnea''
(Sowerby I, 1834): synonym of ''
Niso brunnea''
(G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
* ''Bonellia imbricata''
(Sowerby I, 1834): synonym of ''
Niso imbricata''
(G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
* ''Bonellia interrupta''
(Sowerby I, 1834): synonym of ''
Niso interrupta''
(G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
* ''Bonellia splendidula''
(Sowerby I, 1834): synonym of ''
Niso splendidula''
(G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
References
External links
To World Register of Marine Species
Eulimidae
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