Brocchinia (gastropod)
| Brocchinia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Cancellarioidea |
| Family: | Cancellariidae |
| Genus: | Brocchinia Jousseaume, 1887 |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Solutosveltia Habe, 1961 | |
Brocchinia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species with a valid name are included within the genus Brocchinia :
- Brocchinia azorica (Bouchet & Warén, 1985)
- Brocchinia canariensis Rolán & Hernández, 2009
- Brocchinia clenchi Petit, 1986
- Brocchinia decapensis (Barnard, 1960)
- Brocchinia exigua (E.A. Smith, 1891)
- Brocchinia fischeri (A. Adams, 1860)
- Brocchinia harasewychi de Barros & de Lima, 2007
- Brocchinia kaiensis Verhecken, 1997
- Brocchinia nodosa (Verrill & S. Smith, 1885)
- Brocchinia pustulosa Verhecken, 1991
- Brocchinia septentrionalis (Finlay, 1930)
- Brocchinia tanimbarensis Verhecken, 1997
- Brocchinia verheckeni de Barros & de Lima, 2007
- Species brought into synonymy
- Brocchinia cornidei (Altimira, 1978) : synonym of Admetula cornidei (Altimira, 1978)
- Brocchinia pusilla (H. Adams, 1869) : synonym of Brocchinia clenchi Petit, 1986
References
- 1 2 Brocchinia Jousseaume, 1887. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2011.
- Verhecken A. (1997) Mollusca Gastropoda: Arafura Sea Cancellariidae collected during the Karubar cruise. In: A. Crosnier & P. Bouchet (eds), Résultats des campagnes Musorstom, volume 16. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 172: 295-323. page(s): 300
- Petit, R.E. & Harasewych, M.G. (2005) Catalogue of the superfamily Cancellarioidea Forbes and Hanley, 1851 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)- 2nd edition. Zootaxa, 1102, 3-161. NIZT 682
- Hemmen J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Wiesbaden, 428pp
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