''Mumiola'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Pyramidellidae
Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs. The great majority of species of pyrams are micromol ...
, the pyrams and their allies.
[Rosenberg, G. (2011). Mumiola A. Adams, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415659 on 2011-12-10]
Species
Species within the genus ''Mumiola'' include:
* ''
Mumiola carbasea''
Melvill, 1904
* ''
Mumiola crispata''
Peñas & Rolán, 2017
* ''
Mumiola epibathra''
Melvill, 1906
* ''
Mumiola gradatula''
(Mörch, 1876)
* ''
Mumiola julioferreri''
Peñas & Rolán, 2017
* ''
Mumiola marquesensis''
Peñas & Rolán, 2017
* ''
Mumiola myrnae''
Poppe, Tagaro & Stahlschmidt, 2015
* ''
Mumiola reticosa''
A. Adams, 1863
* ''
Mumiola spirata''
(A. Adams, 1860)
* ''
Mumiola tesselata''
A. Adams, 1863 OBIS: ''Mumiola tesselata''
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;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Mumiola epentroma'' (Melvill, 1896): synonym of '' Costabieta epentroma'' (Melvill, 1896)
* ''Mumiola megacheilos'' (de Folin, 1878): synonym of ''Mumiola tessellata'' A. Adams, 1863
* ''Mumiola superba'' Saurin, 1959: synonym of ''Mumiola tessellata'' A. Adams, 1863
References
* Robba E. (2013) Tertiary and Quaternary fossil pyramidelloidean gastropods of Indonesia. Scripta Geologica 144: 1-191
* Peñas A. & Rolán E. (2017). Deep water Pyramidelloidea from the central and South Pacific. The tribe Chrysallidini. ECIMAT (Estación de Ciencias Mariñas de Toralla), Universidade de Vigo. 412 pp
External links
Adams, A. (1863). On the species of Pyramidellinae found in Japan. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. 7: 1-6
To World Register of Marine Species
Pyramidellidae
Gastropod genera
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