Granolaria
Appearance
Granolaria | |
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Shell of Granolaria valenciennesii (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
Family: | Fasciolariidae |
Genus: | Granolaria Snyder, Vermeij & Lyons, 2012 |
Type species | |
Murex salmo Wood, 1828 |
Granolaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Granolaria include:
- Granolaria salmo (Wood, 1828)
- Granolaria valenciennesii (Kiener, 1840)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Granolaria granosa (Broderip, 1832): synonym of Granolaria salmo (Wood, 1828)
References
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Granolaria Snyder, Vermeij & Lyons, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=607866 on 2012-08-25
- Snyder M.A., Vermeij G.J. & Lyons W.G. (2012) The genera and biogeography of Fasciolariinae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Fasciolariidae). Basteria 76(1-3): 31-70