Pelicaria

Pelicaria
Dorsal view of a shell of Pelicaria vermis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Stromboidea
Family:	Struthiolariidae
Genus:	Pelicaria Gray, 1857

Pelicaria is a genus of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Struthiolariidae.^[1]

Species

• † Pelicaria arahura Beu, 2010
• † Pelicaria canaliculata (Zittel, 1864)
• † Pelicaria cestata Marwick, 1965
• † Pelicaria clarki (Neef, 1970)
• † Pelicaria granttaylori Beu, 2010
• † Pelicaria lacera (Marwick, 1931)
• † Pelicaria marima (Neef, 1970)
• † Pelicaria monilifera (Suter, 1914)
• † Pelicaria nana (Marwick, 1926)
• † Pelicaria parva (Suter, 1915)
• † Pelicaria procanalis Beu, 1970
• † Pelicaria pseudovermis (Bartrum & Powell, 1928)
• † Pelicaria rugosa (Marwick, 1924)
• Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)
• † Pelicaria zelandiae (P. Marshall & R. Murdoch, 1920)

Species brought into synonymy

• Pelicaria acuminata (Marwick, 1924): synonym of Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)
• Pelicaria convexa (Marwick, 1924): synonym of Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)
• Pelicaria fossa (Marwick, 1924): synonym of Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)
• † Pelicaria mangaoparia Vella, 1953: synonym of Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)
• † Pelicaria rotunda Vella, 1953: synonym of Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2014). Pelicaria Gray, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564558 on 2015-01-29

• Beu, A. (2010). Marine Mollusca of isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 3. Gastropoda (Vetigastropoda - Littorinimorpha). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 40(3-4): 59-180