Vanikoro (gastropod)

Vanikoro is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vanikoridae.[2]

Vanikoro
Vanikoro ligata
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Vanikoro

Type species
Vanikoro cancellata
Lamarck, 1822
Synonyms[2]
  • Korovina Iredale, 1918
  • Leucotis Swainson, 1840 (junior objective synonym of Vanikoro)
  • Merria Gray, 1839
  • Narica d'Orbigny, 1842

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius.

Species

Species within the genus Vanikoro include:

  • Vanikoro accelerans (Marwick, 1928)
  • Vanikoro aperta (Carpenter, 1864)
  • Vanikoro cancellata (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Vanikoro clathrata (Récluz, 1845)
  • Vanikoro cumingiana (Récluz, 1844)
  • Vanikoro cuvieriana (Récluz, 1845)
  • Vanikoro dupliangulata (Laws, 1940) †
  • Vanikoro fenestrata (A. Adams, 1863)
  • Vanikoro foveolata Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866
  • Vanikoro gaimardi A. Adams, 1854
  • Vanikoro galapagana Hertlein & Strong, 1951
  • Vanikoro granulosa Récluz, 1845
  • Vanikoro gueriniana (Récluz, 1844)
  • Vanikoro helicoidea (Le Guillou, 1842)
  • Vanikoro kilburni Drivas, J. & M. Jay, 1989
  • Vanikoro ligata (Récluz, 1843)
  • Vanikoro mauritii (Récluz, 1845)
  • Vanikoro natalensis E. A. Smith, 1908
  • Vanikoro orbignyana (Récluz, 1844)
  • Vanikoro oxychone Mörch, 1877
  • Vanikoro plicata (Récluz, 1844)
  • Vanikoro quoyiana A. Adams, 1854
  • Vanikoro satondae Bandel & Kowalke, 1997
  • Vanikoro sigaretiformis (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)
  • Vanikoro striatus (d’Orbigny, 1842)
  • Vanikoro sulcatus (d’Orbigny, 1842)[3]
  • Vanikoro tricarinata (Récluz, 1843)
  • Vanikoro wallacei Iredale, 1912
Species brought into synonymy
  • Vanikoro aenigmatica Turton, 1932: synonym of Macromphalus incertus (Turton, 1932)
  • Vanikoro blainvilliana (Récluz, 1845): synonym of Vanikoro ligata (Récluz, 1844)
  • Vanikoro deshayesiana ([Récluz, 1844): synonym of Vanikoro ligata (Récluz, 1844)
  • Vanikoro distans (Récluz, 1845): synonym of Vanikoro gueriniana (Récluz, 1844)
  • Vanikoro deshayesiana (Récluz, 1844) : synonym of Vanikoro ligata (Récluz, 1844)
  • Vanikoro gracilis Brazier, 1894: synonym of Macromphalus gracilis (Brazier, 1894)
  • Vanikoro japonica Pilsbry, 1895: synonym of Vanikoro fenestrata (A. Adams, 1863)
  • Vanikoro recluziana A. Adams & Angas, 1864: synonym of Vanikoro sigaretiformis (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)
Taxon inquirendum
  • Vanikoro semiplicata Pease, 1861
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References

  1. Quoy & Gaimard (1833). In: d'Urville, Voy. "Astrolabe", Zool. 2: 239.
  2. Vanikoro Quoy & Gaimard, 1832. Vanikoro Quoy & Gaimard, 1832. 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=204656 on 3 July 2012 .
  3. Rosenberg, G. (2010). Vanikoro sulcatus (d'Orbigny, 1842). 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=532309 on 2010-12-18
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
  • Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp


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