Closia

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

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

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 aucklandica Dell, 1950 : synonym of † Archierato aucklandica (Dell, 1950) (original combination)
  • 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)
  • Closia maoria Powell, 1937: synonym of Ovaginella maoria (Powell, 1937)

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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