Paziella

Paziella
Paziella pazi shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Paziella
Type species
Murex pazi Crosse, 1869
Synonyms[2]

Poirieria (Paziella) Jousseaume, 1880

Paziella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Description

The biconic, medium-sized shell has its varices dissected into spines. The aperture is ovoid and smooth inside. The anal sinus is almost closed. The columella is smooth.

This Caribbean genus is closely related to Poirieria from the Indo-Pacific region.

Species

Species within the genus Paziella include:

References

  1. ↑ Jousseaume (1880). Le Naturaliste 1(42): 335.
  2. 1 2 Paziella .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2011.
  3. ↑ Paziella hystricina (Dall, 1889).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  4. ↑ Paziella nuttingi (Dall, 1896).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  5. ↑ Paziella pazi (Crosse, 1869).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.


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