Papuliscala

Papuliscala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda informal group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily:	Epitonioidea
Family:	Nystiellidae
Genus:	Papuliscala de Boury, 1911
Type species
Acirsa praelonga Jeffreys, 1877
Species
See text
Synonyms[1]
Pustuliscala de Boury, 1921 (An incorrect subsequent spelling and/or a junior objective synonym of Papuliscala)

Papuliscala is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropods in the family Nystiellidae of the superfamily Epitonioidea, the wentletraps, the purple snails, and their allies. ^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Murdochella include:

• Papuliscala cerithielloides Bouchet & Warén, 1986
• Papuliscala diminuta Castellanos, Rolán & Bartolotta, 1987
• Papuliscala elongata (Watson, 1881)
• Papuliscala praelonga (Jeffreys, 1877)
• Papuliscala superlata (Finlay, 1930)
• Papuliscala tavianii Bouchet & Warén, 1986

Synonymized species 

• Papuliscala annectens (A. W. B. Powell, 1951): synonym of Gregorioiscala annectens (A. W. B. Powell, 1951)
• Papuliscala scalariformis (de Folin, 1877) : synonym of Papuliscala praelonga (Jeffreys, 1877)

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2010). Papuliscala de Boury, 1911 . In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137950 on 2011-01-23

• 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
• Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp