''Closia'' is a
genus
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of
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
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s in the subfamily Pruninae of the
family
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Marginellidae
Marginellidae, or the margin shells, are a taxonomic family of small, often colorful, sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Neogastropoda.
Taxonomy
The higher classification of the family Marginellidae has long been in a state o ...
, the margin snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Closia'' include:
* † ''
Closia cenchridium''
Le Renard & van Nieulande, 1985
* † ''
Closia chevallieri''
Le Renard & van Nieulande, 1985
* † ''
Closia convergens''
Le Renard & van Nieulande, 1985 [J. Le Renard & F.A.D. van Nieulande in: Mededelingen van de Werkgroep voor Tertiaire en Kwartaire Geologie, vol 22 (1985) nr. 1 p. 3-69]
* ''
Closia giadae''
Cossignani, 2001
* † ''
Closia inadspecta''
Le Renard & van Nieulande, 1985
* ''
Closia limpida''
Bozzetti, 1992
* ''
Closia majuscula''
(Martens, 1877)
* ''
Closia princeps''
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1901)
* † ''
Closia pseudampulla''
Le Renard & van Nieulande, 1985
* ''
Closia sarda''
(Kiener, 1834)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* † ''Closia aucklandica''
Dell, 1950 : synonym of † ''
Archierato aucklandica''
(Dell, 1950) (original combination)
* ''Closia lilacina''
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1846): synonym of ''
Bullata lilacina''
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1846)
* ''Closia manceli''
Jousseaume, 1875: synonym of ''
Cystiscus manceli''
(Jousseaume, 1875)
* ''Closia maoria''
Powell, 1937: synonym of ''
Ovaginella maoria''
(Powell, 1937)
References
* Cossignani T. (2006). ''Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World''. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp.
* Bozzetti L. (2013) ''Note on the genus Closia Gray, 1857 (Marginellidae, Marginellinae).'' Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 78: 13–17.
External links
Revision of the supraspecific classification of marginelliform gastropods; The Nautilus v.109 p. 43-110J. Le Renard & F.A.D. van Nieulande, Mededelingen van de Werkgroep voor Tertiaire en Kwartaire Geologie, vol 22 (1985) nr. 1 p. 3-69
Marginellidae
Gastropod genera
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