Balanetta

Balanetta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Marginellidae
Subfamily: Marginellinae
Genus: Balanetta
Species
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Balanetta is a genus of small, often colorful, sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the taxonomic family of the margin shells (Marginellidae).[1]

Species

  • Balanetta amydrozona (Melvill, 1906)
  • Balanetta baylii Jousseaume, 1875
  • Balanetta cylichnella (May, 1917)
  • Balanetta pisum (Reeve, 1865)
Species brought into synonymy 
  • Balanetta decaryi Bavay, 1920 : synonym of Ovaginella decaryi (Bavay, 1920)
  • Balanetta ovulum (G.B. Sowerby, 1846): synonym of Ovaginella ovulum (G.B. Sowerby, 1846)

References

  1. ↑ WoRMS (2010). Balanetta Jousseaume, 1875. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=465260 on 2010-12-04
  • Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp.


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