Marsenina

Marsenina
Marsenina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Velutinoidea
Family: Velutinidae
Subfamily: Lamellariinae
Genus: Marsenina
Gray, 1850 [1]
Type species
Lamellaria prodita Lovén, 1846

Marsenina is a genus of small slug-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Lamellariinae of the family Velutinidae.

Species

Species within the genus Marsenina include: [2]

  • Marsenina ampla A. E. Verrill, 1880
  • Marsenina glabra (Couthouy, 1838) - bald lamellaria
  • Marsenina globosa L. M. Perry, 1939
  • Marsenina rhombica (Dall, 1871)
  • Marsenina stearnsii (Dall, 1871)
Species brought into synonymy 
  • Marsenina micromphala Bergh, 1853 : synonym of Marsenina glabra (Couthouy, 1838)
  • Marsenina prodita Loven, 1846 : synonym of * Marsenina glabra (Couthouy, 1838)

References