Canalispira

Genus of gastropods

Canalispira
Shell of Canalispira umuhlwa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cystiscidae
Subfamily: Canalispirinae
Genus: Canalispira
Jousseaume, 1875
Type species
Canalispira olivellaeformis
Synonyms[1]
  • Baroginella Laseron, 1957
  • Osvaldoginella Espinosa & Ortea, 1997

Canalispira is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Cystiscidae.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Canalispira include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. ^ a b Canalispira Jousseaume, 1875. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 January 2011.
  2. ^ Canalispira aurea Garcia, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  3. ^ Canalispira kerni Garcia, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  4. ^ Canalispira lipei Garcia, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  5. ^ Canalispira fluctuata McCleery & Wakefield, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  6. ^ Canalispira ornata McCleery & Wakefield, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  7. ^ Canalispira phantasia McCleery & Wakefield, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

Further reading

  • 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
  • Coovert G. A. & Coovert H. K. (1995). "Revision of the supraspecific classification of marginelliform gastropods". The Nautilus 109(2-3): 43-110.
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  • Jousseaume F. (1875). Coquilles de la famille des marginelles. Monographie. Revue et Magazin de Zoologie. ser. 3, 3: 164-271; 429-435
  • McCleery T. & Wakefield A. (2007). "A review of the enigmatic genus Canalispira Jousseaume, 1875 (Gastropoda: Cystiscidae) with the description of three new species from the western Atlantic". Novapex 8(1): 1-10
Taxon identifiers
Canalispira


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