''Ovaginella'' is a
genus
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of marginellid minute
sea snail
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s,
marine
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the subfamily
Austroginellinae
Austroginellinae is a taxonomic subfamily within the larger family of Marginellidae, a group of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Volutoidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Austroginellinae G. A. Coovert & ...
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 o ...
, the margin snails.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Ovaginella Laseron, 1957. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=465264 on 2021-11-18]
Species
* † ''
Ovaginella arenula''
Darragh, 2017
* ''
Ovaginella decaryi''
(Bavay, 1920)
* ''
Ovaginella maoria''
(Powell, 1937)
* † ''
Ovaginella mumiformis''
Darragh, 2017
* ''
Ovaginella ovulum''
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1846)
* ''
Ovaginella profunda''
(Suter, 1909)
* ''
Ovaginella tenisoni''
(Pritchard, 1900)
;Synonyms:
* ''Ovaginella cylichnella''
(May, 1918): synonym of ''
Balanetta cylichnella''
(May, 1918)
* ''Ovaginella nielseni''
(Laseron, 1948): synonym of ''
Cystiscus minutissimus''
(Tenison Woods, 1876)
* ''Ovaginella rotunda''
(Laseron, 1948): synonym of ''Ovaginella tenisoni''
(Pritchard, 1900)
* ''Ovaginella stiria''
(Cotton, 1949): synonym of ''Ovaginella tenisoni''
(Pritchard, 1900)
* ''Ovaginella whani''
(Pritchard & Gatliff, 1900): synonym of ''
Balanetta baylii''
Jousseaume, 1875
References
* Bavay, A., 1920. Sables littoraux de Madagascar. Marginelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 65: 163-168
* Laseron, C. F. (1957). A new classification of the Australian Marginellidae (Mollusca), with a review of species from the Solanderian and Dampierian zoogeographical provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 8 (3): 274–311.
* Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp
External links
Coovert, G. A.; Coovert, H. K. (1995). Revision of the supraspecific classification of marginelliform gastropods. The Nautilus. 109(2-3): 43-100
Marginellidae
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