Kanamarua

Kanamarua
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Buccinidae
Genus:	Kanamarua Kuroda, 1951
Type species
Colus adonis Dall, 1919

Kanamarua is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Kanamarua include:

• Kanamarua adonis (Dall, 1919)
• Kanamarua boswellae (Kilburn, 1975)
• Kanamarua francroberti Fraussen & Lamy, 2008^[2]
• Kanamarua hyatinthus Shikama, 1973
• Kanamarua magnifica Fraussen & Chino, 2012^[3]
• Kanamarua narcissisma Fraussen & Lamy, 2008^[4]
• Kanamarua somalica (Bozzetti, 1993)
• Kanamarua tazimai Kuroda, 1951

Species brought into synonymy

• Kanamarua rehderi Kilburn, 1977: synonym of Kanamarua hyatinthus Shikama, 1973

References

1. Kanamarua Kuroda, 1951.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2012.
2. Kanamarua francroberti Fraussen & Lamy, 2008.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
3. Fraussen K., Chino M. (2012). Kanamarua magnifica n. sp. (Gastropoda: Columbrariidae), a large and colorful species from the southern Philippines. Visaya 3 (5): 37-40.
4. Kanamarua narcissisma Fraussen & Lamy, 2008.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.

• Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1986 ["1985"]) Mollusca Gastropoda: Taxonomical notes on tropical deep water Buccinidae with descriptions of new taxa. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, A, 133: 457-517.
• Fraussen K. & Lamy D. (2008). Revision of the genus Kanamarua Kuroda, 1951 (Gastropoda: Colubrariidae) with the description of two new species. Novapex 9(4): 129-140

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