''Murdochella'' is a
genus
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of small
sea snail
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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 ...
s in the
family
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Epitoniidae
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, the wentletraps, the purple snails, and their allies.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Murdochella'':
* ''
Murdochella alacer''
Finlay, 1927
* ''
Murdochella antarctica''
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* ''
Murdochella crispata''
Kilburn, 1985
* ''
Murdochella levifoliata''
(Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
* ''
Murdochella lobata''
Kilburn, 1985
* ''
Murdochella macrina''
Iredale, 1936
* ''
Murdochella tricingulata
''Murdochella'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropods in the family (biology), family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps, the purple snails, and their allies.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Mur ...
''
Campagnari & Geiger, 2018
* ''
Murdochella turritelliformis''
L. G. Brown, 2019
Former species
* ''Murdochella magellanica''
(Philippi, 1845): synonym of ''
Cirsotrema magellanicum''
(R. A. Philippi, 1845)
* ''Murdochella superlata''
Finlay, 1930 - synonymized with ''
Papuliscala superlata''
(Finlay, 1930)
* ''Murdochella tertia''
Finlay, 1930 - synonymized with ''Murdochella alacer''
Finlay, 1927
References
*
Arthur William Baden Powell, Powell A W B, ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
* Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). ''All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia''. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
External links
Finlay, H. J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 320-485, pls 18-23Brown L.G. & Neville B.D. (2015). Catalog of the recent taxa of the families Epitoniidae and Nystiellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. Zootaxa. 3907(1): 1-188Kilburn R.N. (1985). The family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum. 27(1): 239-337.
Epitoniidae
Gastropod genera
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