Merelina

Merelina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Merelina
Iredale, 1915
Type species
Merelina cheilostoma (Tenison Woods, 1877)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mereliniopsis Ponder, 1967
  • Promerelina Powell, 1926

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

Species

Species within the genus Merelina include:

  • Merelina cancellata Criscione & Ponder, 2011
  • Merelina cheilostoma (Tenison Woods, 1877)
  • Merelina cochleata Powell, 1927
  • Merelina compacta Powell, 1937
  • Merelina coronata (Powell, 1926)
  • Merelina crassissima Powell, 1937
  • Merelina crispulata Powell, 1937
  • Merelina crossaeformis (Powell, 1926)
  • Merelina elegans (Angas, 1877)
  • Merelina foliata (Suter, 1908)
  • Merelina gracilis (Angas, 1877)
  • Merelina harrisonae Powell, 1939
  • Merelina hirta Criscione & Ponder, 2011
  • Merelina lacunosa (Powell, 1926)
  • Merelina lordhowensis Criscione & Ponder, 2011
  • Merelina lyalliana (Suter, 1898)
  • Merelina manawatawhia Powell, 1937
  • Merelina maoriana Powell, 1939
  • Merelina norfolkensis Criscione & Ponder, 2011
  • Merelina pagodiformis (G.B. Sowerby III, 1914)
  • Merelina pauereques Powell, 1937
  • Merelina petronella (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
  • Merelina pisinna (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
  • Merelina plaga Finlay, 1926
  • Merelina queenslandica Laseron, 1956
  • Merelina rubiginosa Ponder, 1967
  • Merelina superba Powell, 1927
  • Merelina taupoensis Powell, 1939
  • Merelina tricarinata Powell, 1937
  • Merelina waitangiensis Powell, 1933
Species brought into synonymy

Distribution

This species is found along Tasmania.

References

  1. 1 2 Merelina Iredale, 1915 . WoRMS (2009). Merelina Iredale, 1915 . In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=180960 on 21 September 2011.

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