Mucronalia

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

Mucronalia
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Mucronalia

A. Adams, 1860
Type species
Mucronalia bicincta A. Adams, 1860

This genus was first described in 1860 by Arthur Adams in his paper, "On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan".[2]

These sea snails are thought to be parasitic on ophiuroids (brittle stars).[3]

Species

Species within the genera Mucronalia include:[4]

  • Mucronalia bicincta A. Adams, 1860 (Type taxon)
  • Mucronalia bizonula Melvill, 1906
  • Mucronalia bulimuloides Dall, 1927
  • Mucronalia epibathra Melvill, 1906
  • Mucronalia exilis A. Adams, 1862
  • Mucronalia exquisita G. B. Sowerby III, 1915
  • Mucronalia involuta Carpenter, 1865
  • Mucronalia lepida Melvill, 1906
  • Mucronalia mammillata Dall, 1927
  • Mucronalia ophiuraphila Habe, 1974
  • Mucronalia oxytenes Melvill, 1904
  • Mucronalia rosea Pease, 1860
  • Mucronalia trilineata Warén, 1980
  • Mucronalia variabilis Schepman, 1913
Taxon inquirendum
  • Mucronalia interrupta (A. Adams, 1864)
Nomen nudum
  • Mucronalia tumida Pease MS, Tryon, 1886
Species brought into synonymy
  • Mucronalia aethria Melvill, 1918: synonym of Melanella aethria (Melvill, 1918)
  • Mucronalia angulata Mandahl-Barth, 1949: synonym of Scalaribalcis angulata (Mandahl-Barth, 1949)
  • Mucronalia birtsi Preston, 1904: synonym of Stilifer birtsi (Preston, 1904)
  • Mucronalia capillastericola Minichev, 1970: synonym of Goodingia capillastericola (Minichev, 1970)
  • Mucronalia cylindrica G. B. Sowerby III, 1900: synonym of Hypermastus cylindricus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1900)
  • Mucronalia eburnea Schepman & Nierstrasz, 1909: synonym of Stilapex eburnea (Schepman & Nierstrasz, 1909)
  • Mucronalia gigas Kuroda & Habe, 1950: synonym of Melanella teinostoma (A. Adams, 1854)
  • Mucronalia gracilis Pease, 1867: synonym of Peasistilifer gracilis (Pease, 1867)
  • Mucronalia lactea A. Adams, 1864: synonym of Hypermastus lacteus (A. Adams, 1864)
  • Mucronalia leucophaes Tomlin & Schackleford, 1913: synonym of Echineulima leucophaes (Tomlin & Shackleford, 1913)
  • Mucronalia nidorum Pilsbry, 1956: synonym of Sabinella troglodytes (Thiele, 1925)
  • Mucronalia nitidula Pease, 1860: synonym of Peasistilifer nitidula (Pease, 1860)
  • Mucronalia ovata Pease, 1861: synonym of Echineulima ovata (Pease, 1861)
  • Mucronalia palmipedis Koehler & Vaney, 1913: synonym of Apicalia palmipedis (Koehler & Vaney, 1913)
  • Mucronalia philippinarum G. B. Sowerby III, 1900: synonym of Echineulima philippinarum (G. B. Sowerby III, 1900)
  • Mucronalia suava Dall, 1927: synonym of Mucronalia mammillata Dall, 1927
  • Mucronalia subula A. Adams, 1864: synonym of Hypermastus subula (A. Adams, 1864)
  • Mucronalia varicosa Schepman, 1909: synonym of Goodingia varicosa (Schepman, 1909)
  • Mucronalia xanthias Watson, 1886: synonym of Pelycidion xanthias (Watson, 1888)
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References

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Mucronalia A. Adams, 1860". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  2. Adams, Arthur (1860). "On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan". Annals and Magazine of Natural History: 301.
  3. Waren, Anders (1980). "Revision of the Genera Thyca, Stilifer, Scalenostoma, Mucronalia and Echineulima (Mollusca, Prosobranchia, Eulimidae)". Zoologica Scripta. 9: 187. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1980.tb00663.x.
  4. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Mucronalia A. Adams, 1860". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 15 August 2013.


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