''Protoginella'' 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 ...
mollusc
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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.
Species
According to the
World Register of Marine Species
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(WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus ''Protoginella'' :
* † ''
Protoginella atkinsoni''
(May, 1922)
* † ''
Protoginella bellensis''
(Beu, 1970)
* † ''
Protoginella bembix''
P. A. Maxwell, 1988
* ''
Protoginella caledonica''
Boyer, 2001
* † ''
Protoginella cenodoxa''
P. A. Maxwell, 1992
* † ''
Protoginella conica''
(G. F. Harris, 1897)
* † ''
Protoginella corpulenta''
(May, 1922)
* ''
Protoginella laseroni''
Boyer, 2001
* ''
Protoginella lavigata''
(Brazier, 1877)
* ''
Protoginella maestratii''
Boyer, 2002
* † ''
Protoginella micula''
(Tate, 1878)
* † ''
Protoginella opoitia''
(Marwick, 1965)
* ''
Protoginella praetera''
Laseron, 1957
* ''
Protoginella reborai''
T. Cossignani, 2011
* ''
Protoginella turbiniformis''
(Bavay, 1917)
* † ''
Protoginella wentworthii''
(Tate, 1877)
* † ''
Protoginella whitecliffensis''
(Marwick, 1926)
;Synonyms:
* ''Protoginella geminata''
(Hedley, 1912): synonym of ''
Alaginella geminata''
(Hedley, 1912)
* † ''Protoginella labinensis''
P. A. Maxwell, 1988: synonym of † ''
Alaginella labinensis''
(P. A. Maxwell, 1988)
* † ''Protoginella parvisinus''
P. A. Maxwell, 1992: synonym of † ''
Alaginella parvisinus''
(P. A. Maxwell, 1992)
* ''Protoginella valida''
(R. B. Watson, 1886): synonym of ''
Alaginella valida''
(R. B. Watson, 1886)
* ''Protoginella weedingi''
(Cotton, 1944): synonym of ''
Alaginella geminata''
(Hedley, 1912)
References
* Cossignani T. (2006).'' Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World''. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp.
Marginellidae
Gastropod genera
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