Ariella (gastropod)

Ariella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit snails.[1]

Ariella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Scissurellidae
Genus: Ariella
Bandel, 1998
Type species
Ariella haliotimorpha Bandel, 1998

Species

Species within the genus Ariella include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Ariella campbelli Bandel, 1998: synonym of Sinezona levigata (Iredale, 1908)
  • Ariella lacuniformis (Watson, 1886): synonym of Macromphalina lacuniformis (Watson, 1886) (species inquirenda)
  • Ariella pauperata (Powell, 1933): synonym of Sinezona pauperata Powell, 1933
  • Ariella subantarctica (Hedley, 1916): synonym of Sinezona subantarctica (Hedley, 1916)

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Ariella. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * At http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435296 on 2012-07-20
  • Geiger D.L. (2003) Phylogenetic assessment of characters proposed for the generic classification of Recent Scissurellidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) with a description of one new genus and six new species from Easter Island and Australia. Molluscan Research 23: 21-83
  • Geiger D.L. (2012) Monograph of the little slit shells. Volume 1. Introduction, Scissurellidae. pp. 1-728. Volume 2. Anatomidae, Larocheidae, Depressizonidae, Sutilizonidae, Temnocinclidae. pp. 729–1291. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs Number 7
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