Spiralinella

Spiralinella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Heterobranchia
Clade: Euthyneura
Clade: Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Spiralinella
Chaster, 1901
Type species
Turbo spiralis Montagu, 1803

Synonyms
  • Partulida Schaufuss, 1869 (unavailable name)
  • Pyrgulina (Partulida) Schaufuss, 1869
  • Spiralina Chaster, 1898

Spiralinella is a genus of very small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks, or micromollusks.[1]

Nomenclature

Both this genus and its type species have had a very complicated synonymy. The status of the generic name Spiralinella in contrast to the names Partulida and Spiralina was clarified by Corgan (1973), and the nomenclatorical problems around the type species were discussed by van Aartsen & Gianuzzi-Savelli (1991).

Life habits

Little is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As is true of most members of the Pyramidellidae sensu lato, they are most likely to be ectoparasites.

Species

Species within the genus Spiralinella include:

References

  1. Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Spiralinella Chaster, 1901. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=743286 on 2015-04-06

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