Alcyna
| Alcyna | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Alcyna lifuensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Alcyna A. Adams, 1860 |
| Type species | |
| Alcyna ocellata Adams, A., 1860 | |
Alcyna is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
This genus was previously included in the family Phasianellidae
Description
The minute shell is similar in form to Phasianella. The aperture is ovate. The columella has a heavy callus, bearing near the base a strong curved denticle projecting into the aperture. The outer lip is simple. [2]
Species
Species within the genus Alcyna include:[1]
- Alcyna acia Cotton, 1948
- Alcyna australis Hedley, 1907
- Alcyna exigua (Gould, A.A., 1861)
- Alcyna kingensis (Gabriel, 1956)
- Alcyna lifuensis Melvill & Standen, 1896
- Alcyna ocellata A. Adams, 1860
- Alcyna subangulata Pease, 1861
- The following species were brought into synonymy:[1]
- Alcyna flammulata Pilsbry, 1917: synonym of Alcyna subangulata Pease, 1861
- Alcyna kapiolaniae Pilsbry, 1917: synonym of Alcyna ocellata A. Adams, 1860
- Alcyna kuhnsi Pilsbry, 1917: synonym of Alcyna ocellata A. Adams, 1860
- Alcyna lepida A. Adams, 1860: synonym of Alcyna ocellata A. Adams, 1860
- Alcyna lineata Pease, 1869: synonym of Alcyna subangulata Pease, 1861
- Alcyna rubra Pease, 1861: synonym of Alcyna ocellata A. Adams, 1860
- Alcyna striata Pease, 1869: synonym of Alcyna subangulata Pease, 1861
- Alcyna subangulata flammulata Pilsbry, 1917: synonym of Alcyna subangulata Pease, 1861
- Alcyna subangulata virgata Pilsbry, 1917: synonym of Alcyna subangulata Pease, 1861
- Alcyna virgata Pilsbry, 1917: synonym of Alcyna subangulata Pease, 1861
References
- ^ a b c Bouchet, P. (2012). Alcyna A. Adams, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512276 on 2012-11-23
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
- A. Adams (1860), On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan; The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 1860