Canalispira

Canalispira is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Cystiscidae.[1]

Canalispira
Shell of Canalispira umuhlwa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cystiscidae
Subfamily: Canalispirinae
Genus: Canalispira
Jousseaume, 1875
Type species
Canalispira olivellaeformis
Synonyms[1]
  • Baroginella Laseron, 1957
  • Osvaldoginella Espinosa & Ortea, 1997

Species

Species within the genus Canalispira include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Canalispira fluctuata McCleery & Wakefield, 2007:[5] synonym of Osvaldoginella fluctuata (McCleery & Wakefield, 2007) (original combination)
  • Canalispira gomezi (Espinosa & Ortea, 1997): synonym of Osvaldoginella gomezi Espinosa & Ortea, 1997
  • Canalispira hoffi (Moolenbeek & Faber, 1991): synonym of Osvaldoginella hoffi (Moolenbeek & Faber, 1991)
  • Canalispira ornata McCleery & Wakefield, 2007:[6] synonym of Osvaldoginella gomezi Espinosa & Ortea, 1997 (original combination)
  • Canalispira phantasia McCleery & Wakefield, 2007:[7] synonym of Osvaldoginella phantasia (McCleery & Wakefield, 2007) (original combination)

References

Further reading

  • Laseron, C. F. (1957). A new classification of the Australian Marginellidae (Mollusca), with a review of species from the Solanderian and Dampierian zoogeographical provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 8(3): 274-311
  • Coovert G. A. & Coovert H. K. (1995). "Revision of the supraspecific classification of marginelliform gastropods". The Nautilus 109(2-3): 43-110.


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