''Pirenella'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the
family
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Potamididae
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.
[Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2016). Pirenella Gray, 1847. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206423 on 2016-03-29]
Species
Species within the genus ''Pirenella'' include:
* ''
Pirenella alata''
(Philippi, 1849)
* ''
Pirenella arabica''
Reid, 2016
* ''
Pirenella asiatica''
Ozawa & Reid, 2016
* ''
Pirenella austrocingulata''
Reid, 2015
* † ''
Pirenella balatonica''
(Tausch, 1886)
* ''
Pirenella caiyingyai''
(Qian, Fang & He, 2013)
* ''
Pirenella cancellata''
Ozawa & Reid, 2016
* ''
Pirenella cingulata''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''
Pirenella conica''
(Blainville, 1829)
* † ''
Pirenella delicatula''
Reid, 2016
* † ''
Pirenella etrusca''
(Mayer, 1864)
* ''
Pirenella graeca''
(Deshayes, 1835)
* ''
Pirenella incisa''
(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)
* ''
Pirenella microptera''
(Kiener, 1841)
* ''
Pirenella nanhaiensis''
Fu & Reid, 2016
* ''
Pirenella nipponica''
Ozawa & Reid, 2016
* ''
Pirenella pupiformis''
Ozawa & Reid, 2016
* ''
Pirenella retifera''
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1855)
* ''
Pirenella rugosa''
Reid, 2016
* † ''
Pirenella subconica''
(Pallary, 1901)
* † ''
Pirenella supracretacea''
(Tausch, 1886)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Pirenella boswellae''
(Barnard, 1963): synonym of ''
Pseudovertagus clava''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Pirenella cailliaudi''
(Potiez & Michaud, 1838): synonym of ''Pirenella conica''
(Blainville, 1829)
* ''Pirenella insculpta''
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1865): synonym of ''
Zeacumantus plumbeus''
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1855)
* ''Pirenella layardii''
(A. Adams, 1854): synonym of ''Pirenella conica''
(Blainville, 1829)
* ''Pirenella mammillata''
(Gray, 1847): synonym of ''Pirenella conica''
(Blainville, 1829)
References
* Lozouet P. (1986). Redéfinition des genres Potamides et Pirenella (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia) à partir des espèces actuelles et fossiles. Implications phylétiques et biogéographiques.. Annales de Paléontologie 72: 163-210
External links
Jousseaume (F.P.) 1894. Diagnoses des coquilles de nouveaux mollusques. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris, 8(6): 98-105.Reid D.G. & Ozawa T. (2016). ''The genus Pirenella Gray, 1847 (= Cerithideopsilla Thiele, 1929) (Gastropoda: Potamididae) in the Indo-West Pacific region and Mediterranean Sea''. Zootaxa. 4076(1): 1-91
Potamididae
{{Potamididae-stub