Murchisonellidae is a
taxonomic
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family
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of
sea snail
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s,
marine opisthobranch
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the superfamily
Murchisonelloidea
Murchisonelloidea is an unassigned superfamily of mostly very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks and micromollusks within the clade Heterobranchia.Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Murchisonelloidea Casey, 1904. Accessed th ...
.
[Bouchet, P. (2015). Murchisonellidae Casey, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411886 on 2015-04-14]
Taxonomy
1999 taxonomy
Under the system according to
Christoffer Schander, Van Aartsen & Corgan (1999), there were five genera in the Ebalidae:
* ''
Ebala'' J. E. Gray, 1847
* ''
Bermudaclis'' Bartsch, 1947
* ''
Chesapeakella'' Campbell, 1993
* ''
Ebalina'' Thiele, 1929
* ''
Henrya'' Bartsch, 1947
2005 taxonomy
This family has no subfamilies (according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
This has been changed in 2013 into two subfamilies.
Genera
Genera within the family Muchisonellidae include:
;Subfamily Ebalinae
Warén, 1995
* ''
Ebala''
Gray, 1847 - synonym: ''Anisocycla'' Monterosato, 1880
;Subfamily Murchisonellinae
T. L. Casey, 1904
* ''
Henrya''
Bartsch, 1947[WoRMS (2010). ''Henrya''. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415463 on 2010-09-16]
* ''
Koloonella''
Laseron, 1959
* ''
Murchisonella''
Mörch, 1875 - type genus
* ''
Pseudoaclisina''
Yoo, 1994
;Genera brought into synonymy :
* ''Bermudaclis'' Bartsch, 1947: synonym of ''Murchisonella''
Mörch, 1875
* ''Laseronella'' Whitley, 1959: synonym of ''Murchisonella''
Mörch, 1875
* ''Murchisoniella'' P. Fischer, 1885: synonym of ''Murchisonella''
Mörch, 1875
* ''Pandorella'' Laseron, 1951: synonym of ''Murchisonella''
Mörch, 1875
References
* Peñas, A.; Rolán, E. (2013). Revision of the genera Murchisonella and Pseudoaclisina (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Murchisonellidae). Vita Malacologica. 11: 15-64
* Warén A. (2013) ''Murchisonellidae: who are they, where are they and what are they doing? (Gastropoda, lowermost Heterobranchia).'' Vita Malacologica 11: 1-14
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Taxa named by Thomas Lincoln Casey Jr.