Closia

Closia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Marginellidae
Subfamily: Marginellinae
Genus: Closia
Gray, 1857
Type species
Marginella sarda Kiener, 1834

Closia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Closia include:

  • Closia giadae Cossignani, 2001[2]
  • Closia limpida Bozzetti, 1992
  • Closia majuscula (Martens, 1877)
  • Closia princeps (G.B. Sowerby III, 1901)
  • Closia sarda (Kiener, 1834)
Species brought into synonymy
  • Closia lilacina (G.B. Sowerby II, 1846): synonym of Bullata lilacina (G.B. Sowerby II, 1846)
  • Closia manceli Jousseaume, 1875: synonym of Cystiscus manceli (Jousseaume, 1875)

References

  1. ↑ Closia Gray, 1857.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 September 2010.
  2. ↑ Closia giadae Cossignani, 2001.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp.
  • Bozzetti L. (2013) Note on the genus Closia Gray, 1857 (Marginellidae, Marginellinae). Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 78: 13-17.


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