''Serrataginella'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
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 ...
mollusk
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s in 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.
''Serrataginella'' is now a synonym of ''
Serrata''.
Species
Species within the genus ''Serrataginella'' used to include:
* ''Serrataginella beatrix''
Cossignani, 2001: synonym of ''
Serrata beatrix''
(T. Cossignani, 2001) (original combination)
* ''Serrataginella boussoufae''
Bozzetti & Briano, 2008:
synonym of ''
Serrata boussoufae''
(Bozzetti & Briano, 2008)
* ''Serrataginella brianoi''
(Bozzetti, 1994): synonym of ''
Serrata brianoi''
Bozzetti, 1994
* ''Serrataginella isabelae''
Bozzetti, 2005: synonym of ''
Serrata isabelae''
(Bozzetti, 2005) (original combination)
* Serratag''inella spryi''
(Clover, 1974): synonym of ''
Serrata spryi''
(Clover, 1974)
References
* Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp.
* Boyer, F. (2008). The genus Serrata Jousseaume, 1875 (Caenogastropoda: Marginellidae) in New Caledonia. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 196: 389-436
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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