''Kyllinia'' is a
genus of small, predatory
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s,
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family Mangeliidae.
[Gofas, S. (2011). Kyllinia Garilli & Galletti, 2007. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=592357 on 2017-08-02]
Species
Species within the genus ''Kyllinia'' include:
* ''
Kyllinia marchadi
''Kyllinia marchadi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.Gofas, S. (2011). Kyllinia marchadi (Knudsen, 1956). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://w ...
''
(Knudsen, 1956)
* † ''
Kyllinia parentalis''
Garilli & Galletti, 2007
References
Garilli V. & Galletti L. 2007. Kyllinia parentalis (Neogastropoda: Turridae), new genus and species from the Plio–Pleistocene of the Central Mediterranean area. Journal of Paleontology, 81(4): 746-753
External links
{{Mangeliidae-stub