Mancinella

Mancinella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Rapaninae
Genus:	Mancinella Link, 1807
Type species
Murex mancinella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Thais (Mancinella) Link, 1807

Mancinella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Mancinella include:

• Mancinella alouina (Röding, 1798)
• Mancinella armigera Link, 1807
• Mancinella capensis (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)
• Mancinella echinata (Blainville, 1832)
• Mancinella echinulata (Lamarck, 1822)
• Mancinella grossa (Houart, 2001)
• Mancinella herberti (Houart, 1998)
• Mancinella lata (Kuroda, 1931)
• Mancinella marmorata (Pease, 1865)
• Mancinella siro (Kuroda, 1931)

Species brought into synonymy

• Mancinella aculeata Link, 1807: synonym of Mancinella alouina (Röding, 1798)
• Mancinella deltoidea (Lamarck, 1822):^[2] synonym of Vasula deltoidea (Lamarck, 1822)
• Mancinella mutabilis Link, 1807: synonym of Indothais lacera (Born, 1778)

References

1. Mancinella Link, 1807.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
2. Mancinella deltoidea (Lamarck, 1822).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

• Link D.H.F. (1807-1808) Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. 1 Abt. [Part 1], pp. 1–50; 2 Abt. [Part 2], pp. 51–100; 3 Abt. [Part 3], pp. 101–165; Abt. 4 [Part 4],pp. 1–30; Abt. 5 [Part 5], pp. 1–38 [1808]; Abt. 6 [Part 6], pp. 1–38 [1808] Rostock, Adlers Erben

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