Nevillia
| Nevillia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | Chilodontidae |
| Genus: | Nevillia H. Adams, 1868 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Nevillia picta H. Adams, 1868 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Nevillia is a genus of mostly small deep water sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chilodontidae.[2][3]
Description
The imperforate shell is acutely ovate. The convex whorls are spirally lirate and longitudinally striate. The columella is callous, and toothed below. The outer lip is smooth or toothed within, and varicose exteriorly.[4]
Species
Species within the genus Nevillia include:[2]
- Nevillia lucida H. Adams, 1868
- Nevillia picta H. Adams, 1868
References
- ↑ A. Adams. Zool. Proc., 289, 1868
- 1 2 3 Rosenberg, G. (2012). Nevillia H. Adams, 1868. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598115 on 2013-04-14
- ↑ Ponder W. F. (1985) A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum supplement 4: 1-221. (12 February 1985)
- ↑ Tryon (1887), Manual of Conchology IX – Solariidae (by William B. Marshall), Ianthinidae, Trichotropidae, Scalariidae, Cerithiidae, Rissoidae, Littorinidae
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
External links
| External identifiers for Nevillia | |
|---|---|
| WoRMS | 598115 |
- To World Register of Marine Species
- Ponder W. (1985), A review of the Genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea); Records of the Australian Museum (1984), Suppl. 4.
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