''Claremontiella'' 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, predatory

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, related to the genera ''Tenguella'' and ''Muricodrupa''. Its members are 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 ...

molluscs in the

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Muricidae Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex snails or rock snails. With over 1,700 living species, the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Neog ...

, the murex snails or rock snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Claremontiella Houart, Zuccon & Puillandre, 2019. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1335130 on 2021-08-16 In 2013, genetic analysis indicated that '' Morula nodulosa'' was not closely related to the main group of ''Morula'' species, but rather was sister to a ''

Tenguella Tenguella (also known as Temelá or Tenguella Ba) was a Fula people, Fula ''silatigi'' or chief who founded a short-lived state called Futa Kingui in the upper Senegal river valley, a precursor of the Empire of Great Fulo. He was referred to as ...

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Muricodrupa ''Muricodrupa'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ergalataxinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Species * '' Muricodrupa anaxares'' (Kiener, 1836) (previously ''Morula anaxares'') * ' ...

'' clade. In response, the new genus ''Claremontiella'' was proposed in 2019, including '' C. nodulosa'' as type species, its close relative '' C. consanguinea'', and a newly-described species: '' C. adiakritos''. ''Claremontiella'' is named in honor of researcher Martine Claremont.

Species

* '' Claremontiella adiakritos'' Houart, Zuccon & Puillandre, 2019 * '' Claremontiella consanguinea'' (E. A. Smith, 1890) * ''

Claremontiella nodulosa ''Claremontiella nodulosa'', common name: the blackberry drupe, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Claremontiella nodulosa (C. B. ...

'' (C. B. Adams, 1845)

Notes

References

Ergalataxinae Taxa described in 2019 {{Ergalataxinae-stub