''Closia'' is a
genus
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of
sea snails,
marine
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gastropod 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 ...
, the margin snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Closia'' include:
* † ''
Closia cenchridium
''Closia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pruninae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Closia'' include:
* † '' Closia cenchridium'' Le Renard & van Nieulan ...
''
Le Renard & van Nieulande, 1985
* † ''
Closia chevallieri
''Closia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pruninae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Closia'' include:
* † ''Closia cenchridium'' Le Renard & van Nieulande ...
''
Le Renard & van Nieulande, 1985
* † ''
Closia convergens
''Closia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pruninae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Closia'' include:
* † ''Closia cenchridium'' Le Renard & van Nieulande ...
''
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
''Closia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pruninae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Closia'' include:
* † '' Closia cenchridium'' Le Renard & van Nieulan ...
''
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1901)
* † ''
Closia pseudampulla
''Closia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pruninae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Closia'' include:
* † ''Closia cenchridium'' Le Renard & van Nieuland ...
''
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
''Cystiscus mancelli'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cystiscidae.
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Mascarene
The Mascarene Islands (, ) or Mascarenes or Mascarenhas Archipe ...
''
(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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