Granulina

Granulina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Marginellidae
Subfamily:	Granulininae
Genus:	Granulina Jousseaume, 1888
Type species
Marginella pygmaea Issel, 1869
Synonyms[1]
† Cypraeolina Cerulli-Irelli, 1911 Cryptospira (Cypraeolina) Cerulli, 1911 Merovia Dall, 1921 Microginella Laseron, 1957

Granulina is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Marginellidae. ^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Granulina include:

• Granulina africana Gofas,1992
• Granulina agger (Watson, 1886)
• Granulina aidae Espinosa & Ortea, 2006
• Granulina amianta Dall, 1889
• Granulina antillensis Jong & Coomans, 1988
• Granulina anxia Hedley, 1909
• Granulina benitoi Espinosa & Ortea, 2014
• Granulina boucheti Gofas, 1992
• Granulina calla McCleery, 2010
• Granulina canariensis Boyer, 2001
• Granulina cartagenaensis McCleery, 2010
• Granulina cartwrighti Sowerby I, 1915
• Granulina cerea Smeriglio, Gubbioli & Mariottini, 2000
• Granulina clandestina (Brocchi, 1814)
• Granulina clandestinella Bavay, 1908
• Granulina colonensis McCleery, 2010
• Granulina crassa Smeriglio, Gubbioli & Mariottini, 2000
• Granulina crystallina Smeriglio, Gubbioli & Mariottini, 2000
• Granulina cylindrata Boyer & Rolan, 2004
• Granulina darienensis McCleery, 2010
• Granulina eideri Espinosa & Ortea, 2014
• Granulina elliottae Cotton, 1944
• Granulina elliptica La Perna, 2000
• Granulina falsijaponica Habe, 1957
• Granulina fernandesi Boyer & Rolan, 1999
• Granulina gayracaensis McCleery, 2010
• Granulina ghanensis Rolan & Fernandes, 1997
• Granulina globosa Wakefield & McCleery, 2004
• Granulina gofasi Smriglio & Mariottini, 1996
• Granulina granatensis McCleery, 2010
• Granulina grata Thiele, 1925
• Granulina guanajatabey Espinosa & Ortea, 2003
• Granulina guancha (d'Orbigny, 1840)
• Granulina gubbiolii (Smriglio & Mariottini, 1996)
• Granulina guttula (La Perna, 1999)
• Granulina hadria (Dall, 1889)
• Granulina hedleyi Boyer, 2003
• Granulina iridisa McCleery, 2010
• Granulina isseli Nevill & Nevill, 1875
• Granulina lagrifa Espinosa, Fernandez-Garcês & Ortea, 2004
• Granulina lapernai Smriglio & Mariottini, 2013
• Granulina lawsonae Lussi & Smith, 1998
• Granulina lazaroi Espinosa & Ortea, 2006
• Granulina liei Bozzetti, 2008
• Granulina mamanucensis Wakefield & McCleery, 2004
• Granulina margaritula Carpenter, 1857
• Granulina marginata (Bivona, 1832)
• Granulina mariei (Crosse, 1867)
• Granulina mauretanica Gofas, 1992
• Granulina mediterranea Landau, La Perna & Marquet, 2006
• Granulina melitensis (Smriglio, Mariottini & Rufini, 1998)
• Granulina minae Espinosa & Ortea, 2000
• Granulina minusculina (Locard, 1897)
• Granulina molinai Espinosa & Ortea, 2006
• Granulina monjesensis McCleery, 2010
• Granulina nivalis McCleery, 2010
• Granulina nofronii Smeriglio, Gubbioli & Mariottini, 2000
• Granulina nympha Brazier, 1894
• Granulina ocarina Fernandes, 1988
• Granulina occulta (Monterosato, 1869)
• Granulina ocella McCleery, 2010
• Granulina oneili Espinosa & Ortea, 2014
• Granulina opima (Laseron, 1957)
• Granulina ovata McCleery, 2010
• Granulina ovuliformis d'Orbigny, 1841
• Granulina parilis Gofas & Fernandes, 1988
• Granulina perminima Sowerby III, 1894
• Granulina philpoppei Cossignani, 2006
• Granulina pierrepineaui Pin & Boyer, 1994
• Granulina pinguisa McCleery, 2010
• Granulina plagula McCleery, 2010
• Granulina producera McCleery, 2010
• Granulina pruinosa Boyer, 2003
• Granulina pulvis Jousseaume, 1875
• Granulina pruinosa Boyer, 2003
• Granulina pusaterii Smriglio & Mariottini in Giannuzzi-Savelli et al., 2003
• Granulina pyriformis (Carpenter, 1865)
• Granulina rutae Ortea Rato, Abad & Barrios, 2008
• Granulina tantilla (Gould, 1860)
• Granulina tenuilabiata La Perna, 1999
• Granulina tiniola (Dall, 1927)
• Granulina tobagoensis McCleery, 2010
• Granulina torosa Gofas, 1992
• Granulina truncata Dall, 1927
• Granulina turbiniformis (Bavay, 1917)
• Granulina vagger Watson,1886
• Granulina vanhareni (van Aartsen, M. & G., 1984)
• Granulina velaensis McCleery, 2010
• Granulina vitrea Laseron, 1957
• Granulina volcana McCleery, 2010
• Granulina waltergomezi McCleery, 2010

Species brought into synonymy

• Granulina alfredensis (Bartsch, 1915): synonym of Plesiocystiscus alfredensis (Bartsch, 1915)
• Granulina algoensis (E. A. Smith, 1901): synonym of Crithe algoensis (E. A. Smith, 1901)
• Granulina aphanospira (Tomlin, 1913): synonym of Plesiocystiscus aphanospira (Tomlin, 1913)
• Granulina bougei Bavay, 1917: synonym of Cystiscus bougei (Bavay, 1917)
• Granulina guttula La Perna, 1999: synonym of Granulina mediterranea Landau, La Perna & Marquet, 2006
• Granulina guttula (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832): synonym of Hydroginella guttula (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
• Granulina horikosii Habe, 1951: synonym of Granulina tantilla (Gould, 1860)
• Granulina microgonia (Dall, 1927): synonym of Cystiscus microgonia (Dall, 1927)
• Granulina pseustes'' (E.A. Smith, 1904): synonym of Cystiscus pseustes (E.A. Smith, 1904)
• Granulina thalia (Turton, 1932): synonym of Plesiocystiscus thalia (W. Turton, 1932)

References

1. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Granulina Jousseaume, 1888. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138165 on 2012-06-22

• Gofas, Serge 1992. Le genre Granulina (Marginellidae) en Méditerranée et dans l'Atlantique oriental. Bollettino Malacologico 28 (1-4): 1-26.
• Malacolog. The Academy of Natural Sciences
• Coovert G.A. & Coovert H.K. (1995) Revision of the supraspecific classification of marginelliform gastropods. The Nautilus 109(2-3): 43-110. page(s): 73
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213