Narona (gastropod)

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Narona
Apertural view of shell of Narona exopleura (Dall, 1908)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Narona
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Type species
Cancellaria clavatula
G.B. Sowerby I, 1832
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancellaria (Narona) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 (original rank)
  • Panarona Petit, 1975

Narona is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

Species[edit]

Species within the genus Narona include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Narona austropolonica Bałuk, 1997: synonym of † Aneurystoma afenestrata (Sacco, 1894) (junior synonym)
  • Narona coronata (Scacchi, 1835) : synonym of Tribia coronata (Scacchi, 1835)
  • Narona hidalgoi Jousseaume, 1887: synonym of Narona clavatula (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)
  • Narona mitriformis (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832): synonym of Hertleinia mitriformis (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)
Narona hirta, Pliocene, Italy

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Narona H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 March 2011.
  • Petit R.E. (1975) The cancellariid genera Narona H. & A. Adams and Panarona gen. nov. The Veliger 17(4): 387-388

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