''Uberella'' 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
family
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Naticidae
Naticidae, common name moon snails or necklace shells, is a family (biology), family of medium to large-sized predatory sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha. The shells of the species in this family a ...
, the moon snails.
[Bouchet, P. (2011). Uberella Finlay, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=584331 on 2012-05-30]
Species
Species within the genus ''Uberella'' include:
* ''
Uberella alacris''
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, 1956:
* ''
Uberella barrierensis''
( Marwick, 1924)
* ''
Uberella denticulifera''
( Marwick, 1924)
* † ''
Uberella keyesi''
Marwick, 1965
* † ''
Uberella maesta''
(Marwick, 1924)
* † ''
Uberella marwicki''
Powell, 1935
* † ''
Uberella pseudovitrea''
(Finlay, 1924)
*† ''
Uberella pukeuriensis''
(Marwick, 1924)
* ''
Uberella simulans''
(E.A. Smith, 1906)
* ''
Uberella vitrea''
(Hutton Hutton may refer to:
Places
;Antarctica
* Hutton Cliffs, Ross Island
* Hutton Mountains
;Australia
* Hutton Sandstone Formation
;Canada
* Hutton, Alberta, a locality
* Hutton, British Columbia, a railway point
* Hutton railway station, Brit ...
, 1873)
; Species brought into synonymy:
* ''
Uberella alacris''
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, 1956: synonym of ''
Glossaulax aulacoglossa'' (Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1909)
References
Bibliography
*
Powell A. W. B. (1979), ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand
* Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) ''Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae''. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls
Naticidae
Gastropods of New Zealand
Extant Miocene first appearances
Taxa named by Harold John Finlay
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