''Vitrinella'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of minute
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
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s or
micromollusk
A micromollusc is a shelled mollusc which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine molluscs, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater molluscs also ...
s in the family
Vitrinellidae
Vitrinellidae is a family (biology), family of very small and minute sea snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Truncatelloidea.MolluscaBase (2018). Vitrinellidae Bush, 1897. ...
.
[Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Vitrinella. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160067 on 2015-12-05]
Distribution
This marine genus occurs off
Gulf of Oman
The Gulf of Oman or Sea of Oman ( ''khalīj ʿumān''; ''daryâ-ye omân''), also known as Gulf of Makran or Sea of Makran ( ''khalīj makrān''; ''daryâ-ye makrān''), is a gulf in the Indian Ocean that connects the Arabian Sea with th ...
,
New Caledonia
New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t ...
,
Fiji
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,
Indonesia
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,
Japan
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, the
Philippines
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,
Singapore
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and Australia (
New South Wales
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,
Northern Territory
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,
Queensland
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,
South Australia
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and
Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India
* Victoria (state), a state of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, a provincial capital
* Victoria, Seychelles, the capi ...
)
Species
* ''
Vitrinella acutecarinata''
Thiele, 1925
* ''
Vitrinella aguayoi''
(Corgan, 1968)
* ''
Vitrinella anneliesae
''Vitrinella'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Vitrinellidae.Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Vitrinella. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...
''
De Jong & Coomans, 1988
* ''
Vitrinella annulifera
''Vitrinella'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Vitrinellidae.Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Vitrinella. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...
''
(Dautzenberg, 1910)
* ''
Vitrinella anomala
''Vitrinella'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Vitrinellidae.Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Vitrinella. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...
''
(d'Orbigny, 1842)
* ''
Vitrinella aristata
''Vitrinella'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Vitrinellidae.Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Vitrinella. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...
''
Rubio, Fernández-Garcés & Rolán, 2011
* ''
Vitrinella assimilis
''Vitrinella'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Vitrinellidae.Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Vitrinella. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...
''
Thiele, 1925
* ''
Vitrinella berryi
''Vitrinella'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Vitrinellidae.Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Vitrinella. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...
''
Bartsch, 1907
* ''
Vitrinella bifilata
''Vitrinella bifilata'' is a species of gastropod in the family Tornidae. The scientific name of this species was first published in 1857 by Carpenter.WoRMS (2012). Vitrinella bifilata Carpenter, 1857. Accessed via: World Register of Marine Speci ...
''
Carpenter, 1857
* ''
Vitrinella bushi
''Vitrinella'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Vitrinellidae.Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Vitrinella. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...
''
Dautzenberg, 1912
* ''
Vitrinella calliglypta
''Vitrinella'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Vitrinellidae.Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Vitrinella. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...
''
Aguayo, 1949
* ''
Vitrinella campylochila
''Vitrinella'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Vitrinellidae.Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Vitrinella. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...
''
Pilsbry & Olsson, 1952
* ''
Vitrinella canaliculata''
Rubio, Fernández-Garcés & Rolán, 2011
* ''
Vitrinella caperata''
(Tate, 1899)
* ''
Vitrinella columbiana''
Bartsch, 1921
* ''
Vitrinella contracta''
(Vanatta, 1913)
* ''
Vitrinella cupidinensis''
Van Regteren Altena, 1966
* ''
Vitrinella dalli''
(Bartsch, 1911)
* ''
Vitrinella eshnaurae''
Bartsch, 1907
* ''
Vitrinella facira
''Vitrinella'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Vitrinellidae.Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Vitrinella. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...
''
Bartsch, 1915
* ''
Vitrinella ficara''
Bartsch, 1915
* ''
Vitrinella filifera''
Pilsbry & McGinty, 1946
* ''
Vitrinella floridana''
Pilsbry & McGinty, 1946
* ''
Vitrinella fortaxis''
Pilsbry & Olsson, 1952
* ''
Vitrinella funiculus''
(Dall, 1892)
* ''
Vitrinella goniomphala''
Pilsbry & Olsson, 1952
* ''
Vitrinella guaymasensis''
Durham, 1942
* ''
Vitrinella heliciformis''
Thiele, 1925
* ''
Vitrinella helicoidea''
C. B. Adams, 1850
* ''
Vitrinella hellwegei
''Vitrinella'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Vitrinellidae.Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Vitrinella. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...
''
Thiele, 1925
* ''
Vitrinella hemphilli''
Vanatta, 1913
* ''
Vitrinella humilis
''Vitrinella'' is a genus of minute sea snails, Marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Vitrinellidae.Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Vitrinella. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Ma ...
''
Thiele, 1925
* ''
Vitrinella inconspicua
''Vitrinella'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Vitrinellidae.Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Vitrinella. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...
''
Thiele, 1925
* † ''
Vitrinella inopinata''
Lozouet & Maestrati, 1982 †
* ''
Vitrinella kaykayae''
Rolán & Sellanes, 2004
* ''
Vitrinella lucasana'' (
Baker, Hanna & Strong, 1938)
* ''
Vitrinella magister''
Pilsbry & Olsson, 1952
* ''
Vitrinella margarita''
Pilsbry & Olsson, 1952
* ''
Vitrinella martensiana''
(Hertlein & Strong, 1951)
* ''
Vitrinella modesta''
C. B. Adams, 1852
* † ''
Vitrinella molengraaffi
''Vitrinella'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Vitrinellidae.Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Vitrinella. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...
''
van Regteren Altena, 1938
* ''
Vitrinella multilirata
''Vitrinella'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Vitrinellidae.Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Vitrinella. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...
''
Thiele, 1925
* ''
Vitrinella multispiralis''
Pilsbry & Olsson, 1952
* ''
Vitrinella naticoides''
Carpenter, 1857
* ''
Vitrinella oldroydi''
Bartsch, 1907
* † ''
Vitrinella opsitelotus''
(Dall, 1892)
* ''
Vitrinella orientalis
''Vitrinella'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Vitrinellidae.Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Vitrinella. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...
''
Thiele, 1925
* ''
Vitrinella pelorcei''
Rubio, Fernández-Garcés & Rolán, 2011
* ''
Vitrinella politurae''
Rolán & Rubio, 1999
* ''
Vitrinella ponceliana''
de Folin, 1867
* ''
Vitrinella proxima''
Pilsbry & Olsson, 1952
* ''
Vitrinella pseudoaristata''
Rubio, Fernández-Garcés & Rolán, 2011
* ''
Vitrinella pusilla''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1840)
* ''
Vitrinella schoedei''
Thiele, 1925
* ''
Vitrinella simplex
''Vitrinella'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Vitrinellidae.Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Vitrinella. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...
''
Thiele, 1925
* ''
Vitrinella smithi''
Bartsch, 1927
* ''
Vitrinella solaris''
Rubio, Fernández-Garcés & Rolán, 2011
* ''
Vitrinella stearnsi''
Bartsch, 1907
* ''
Vitrinella stephensae''
(Baker, Hanna & Strong, 1938)
* ''
Vitrinella subquadrata''
Carpenter, 1857
* ''
Vitrinella sumatrensis
''Vitrinella'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Vitrinellidae.Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Vitrinella. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...
''
Thiele, 1925
* ''
Vitrinella sundaica
''Vitrinella'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Vitrinellidae.Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Vitrinella. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...
''
Thiele, 1925
* ''
Vitrinella tiburonensis''
Durham, 1942
* ''
Vitrinella tryoni''
Bush, 1897
* ''
Vitrinella vesta''
(Hedley, 1901)
* ''
Vitrinella williamsoni'' Dall, 1892
* ''
Vitrinella zonitoides'' (Hertlein & Strong, 1952)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Vitrinella (Docomphala) arifca''
Bartsch, 1915: synonym of ''
Lodderena arifca''
(Bartsch, 1915)
* subgenus ''Vitrinella (Striovitrinella)''
Olsson & McGinty, 1958: synonym of ''
Solariorbis''
Conrad, 1865
* ''Vitrinella agulhasensis'' Thiele, 1925: synonym of ''
Parviturbo agulhasensis
''Parviturbo'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae.
Description
The very small, solid shell is perforate or has a narrow umbilicus. It contains a few convex whorls. The protoconch consists of one ...
'' (Thiele, 1925)
* ''Vitrinella alaskensis'' Bartsch, 1907: synonym of ''
Rissoella alaskensis'' (Bartsch, 1907)
* ''Vitrinella bicaudata'' Pilsbry & McGinty, 1946: synonym of ''
Tomura bicaudata
''Tomura'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cornirostridae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Tomura Pilsbry & McGinty, 1946. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies. ...
'' (Pilsbry & McGinty, 1946)
* ''Vitrinella blakei'' Rehder, 1944: synonym of ''
Solariorbis blakei'' (Rehder, 1944)
* ''Vitrinella cerion'' Dall, 1927: synonym of ''
Mikro cerion
''Mikro cerion'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Mikro cerion'' (Dall, 1927). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=tax ...
'' (Dall, 1927)
* ''Vitrinella congoensis'' Thiele, 1925: synonym of ''
Circulus congoensis'' (Thiele, 1925)
* ''Vitrinella diaphana'' (d'Orbigny, 1842): synonym of ''
Vitrinella pusilla'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1840)
* ''Vitrinella elegans'' Olsson & McGinty, 1958: synonym of ''
Solariorbis elegans'' (Olsson & McGinty, 1958)
* ''Vitrinella georgiana'' Dall, 1927: synonym of ''
Cirsonella georgiana'' (Dall, 1927)
* ''Vitrinella holmesii'' Dall, 1889: synonym of ''
Cochliolepis holmesii'' (Dall, 1889)
* ''Vitrinella inclinans'' Barnard, 1963: synonym of ''
Skenea inclinans
''Skenea'' is a genus of small to minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae.
This genus is type genus for the family Skeneidae. It has been used as a general receptacle for species that are probably unrelated to the t ...
'' (Barnard, 1963)
* ''Vitrinella interrupta'' C. B. Adams, 1850: synonym of ''
Parviturboides interruptus'' (C. B. Adams, 1850)
* ''Vitrinella megastoma'' C. B. Adams, 1850: synonym of ''
Teinostoma megastoma'' (C. B. Adams, 1850)
* ''Vitrinella mooreana'' Vanatta, 1904: synonym of ''
Solariorbis mooreanus'' (Vanatta, 1904)
* ''Vitrinella multicarinata'' Dall, 1889: synonym of ''
Episcynia multicarinata'' (Dall, 1889)
* ''Vitrinella novemcarinata'' (Melvill, 1906): synonym of ''
Lodderia novemcarinata
''Lodderia novemcarinata'' is a minute, sea snail or micromollusc, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.Bouchet, P. (2013). Lodderia novemcarinata (Melvill, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.m ...
'' (Melvill, 1906)
* ''Vitrinella panamensis'' C. B. Adams, 1852: synonym of ''
Cyclostremiscus panamensis'' (C. B. Adams, 1852)
* ''Vitrinella praecox'' Pilsbry & McGinty, 1946: synonym of ''
Vitrinella helicoidea'' C. B. Adams, 1850
* ''Vitrinella prominula''
(A. Adams, 1861): synonym of ''
Tornus prominulus''
(A. Adams, 1861)
* ''Vitrinella rhyssa'' Dall, 1927: synonym of ''
Xyloskenea rhyssa
''Xyloskenea rhyssa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Xyloskenea rhyssa'' (Dall, 1927). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.ma ...
'' (Dall, 1927)
* ''Vitrinella sculptilis''
Garrett, 1873: synonym of ''
Circulus sculptilis''
(Garrett, 1873)
* ''Vitrinella semisculpta'' Olsson & McGinty, 1958: synonym of ''
Circulus semisculptus'' (Olsson & McGinty, 1958)
* ''Vitrinella tenuisculpta'' Aguayo & Borro, 1946: synonym of ''
Vitrinella aguayoi'' (Corgan, 1968)
* ''Vitrinella terminalis'' Pilsbry & McGinty, 1946: synonym of ''
Solariorbis terminalis'' (Pilsbry & McGinty, 1946)
* ''Vitrinella texana'' D. R. Moore, 1965: synonym of ''
Circulus texanus'' (D. R. Moore, 1965)
* † ''Vitrinella truncata'' Gabb, 1881: synonym of ''
Solariorbis truncatus'' (Gabb, 1881)
* ''Vitrinella urdunica''
Bandel, 2010: synonym of ''
Tomura urdunica
''Tomura'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cornirostridae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Tomura Pilsbry & McGinty, 1946. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies. ...
''
(Bandel, 2010)
* ''Vitrinella valvatoides'' C. B. Adams, 1852: synonym of ''
Cyclostremiscus valvatoides'' (C. B. Adams, 1852)
;Taxa inquirenda:
* ''Vitrinella carinifex '' Dall, 1927
* ''Vitrinella massarita'' Dall, 1927
;Nomine dubia:
* ''Vitrinella carinata'' (d'Orbigny, 1842)
* ''Vitrinella cyclostomoides'' (Pfeiffer, 1840)
* ''Vitrinella hyalina'' C. B. Adams, 1850
* ''Vitrinella tincta'' C. B. Adams, 1850
References
* Dautzenberg, P., 1912. Mission Gruvel sur la côte occidentale d'Afrique (1909-1910), Mollusques marins. Annales de l'Institut Océanographique "1913"5(3): 111 p, 3 pls
* Iredale, T. 1924. ''Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections.'' Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179-279, pls 33-36
* Iredale, T. 1930. ''Some notable name changes.'' The Australian Zoologist 6(2): 175
* Fischer-Piette, E. & Nicklès, N., 1946. Mollusques nouveaux ou peu connus des côtes de l'Afrique occidentale. Journal de Conchyliologie 87: 42-81, pl 1
* Pilsbry, H. A. & Olsson, A. A. (1952). Vitrinellidae of the Panamic Province: II. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 104: 35-88, pl. 2-13.
* Laseron, 1956, Records of the Australian Museum, 24(11): 174
* Rolán E., 2005. ''Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda''
External links
Adams, C.B. 1850. ''Monograph of Vitrinella''. Amhurst, Massachusetts Vol. 3 pp. 10.Bartsch, P. (1907). New mollusks of the family Vitrinellidae from the west coast of America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 32(1520): 167-176Adam, W. & Knudsen, J. (1969). Quelques genres de mollusques prosobranches marins ou peu connus de l'Afrique occidentale. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. 44 (27): 1-69Pilsbry, H. A. & McGinty, T. L. (1946). Vitrinellidae of Florida, part 4. The Nautilus. 60(1): 12-18, pl. 2.
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