- Merelina
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Merelina Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade LittorinimorphaSuperfamily: Rissooidea Family: Rissoidae Genus: Merelina
Iredale, 1915Type species Merelina cheilostoma (Tenison Woods, 1877) Synonyms[1] - Mereliniopsis Ponder, 1967
- Promerelina Powell, 1926
Merelina is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae.[1]
Contents
Species
Species within the genus Merelina include:
- Merelina cancellata Criscione & Ponder, 2011
- Merelina cheilostoma (Tenison Woods, 1877)
- Merelina cochleata Powell, 1927
- Merelina compacta Powell, 1937
- Merelina coronata (Powell, 1926)
- Merelina crassissima Powell, 1937
- Merelina crispulata Powell, 1937
- Merelina crossaeformis (Powell, 1926)
- Merelina elegans (Angas, 1877)
- Merelina foliata (Suter, 1908)
- Merelina gracilis (Angas, 1877)
- Merelina harrisonae Powell, 1939
- Merelina hirta Criscione & Ponder, 2011
- Merelina lacunosa (Powell, 1926)
- Merelina lordhowensis Criscione & Ponder, 2011
- Merelina lyalliana (Suter, 1898)
- Merelina manawatawhia Powell, 1937
- Merelina maoriana Powell, 1939
- Merelina norfolkensis Criscione & Ponder, 2011
- Merelina pagodiformis (G.B. Sowerby III, 1914)
- Merelina pauereques Powell, 1937
- Merelina petronella (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
- Merelina pisinna (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
- Merelina plaga Finlay, 1926
- Merelina queenslandica Laseron, 1956
- Merelina rubiginosa Ponder, 1967
- Merelina superba Powell, 1927
- Merelina taupoensis Powell, 1939
- Merelina tricarinata Powell, 1937
- Merelina waitangiensis Powell, 1933
- Species brought into synonymy
- Merelina corruga Laseron, 1956 : synonym of Manzonia corruga (Laseron, 1956)
- Merelina crassula Rehder, 1980 : synonym of Manzonia crassula (Rehder, 1980)
- Merelina cyrta Cotton, 1944 : synonym of Alvania hedleyi Thiele, 1930
- Merelina eminens Laseron, 1950 : synonym of Alvania fasciata (Tenison Woods, 1876)
- Merelina goliath Laseron, 1956 : synonym of Iravadia quadrasi (Boettger, 1893)
- Merelina granulosa (Pease, 1862) accepted as Manzonia granulosa (Pease, 1862)
- Merelina hewa Kay, 1979 : synonym of Manzonia hewa (Kay, 1979)
- Merelina hians Laseron, 1957 : synonym of Clatrosansonia minuta (Hornung & Mermod, 1928)
- Merelina humera Laseron, 1956 : synonym of Iravadia quadrasi (Boettger, 1893)
- Merelina longinqua Rehder, 1980 : synonym of Manzonia longinqua (Rehder, 1980)
- Merelina reversa Laseron, 1956 : synonym of Iravadia quadrasi (Boettger, 1893)
- Merelina sculptilis May, 1920 : synonym of Alvania sculptilis (May, 1920)
- Merelina solida Laseron, 1956 : synonym of Iravadia mahimensis (Melvill, 1893)
- Merelina subreticulata Laseron, 1950 : synonym of Alvania suprasculpta (May, 1915)
- Merelina sucina Laseron, 1956 a: synonym of Iravadia mahimensis (Melvill, 1893)
- Merelina tokyoensis (Pilsbry, 1904) : synonym of Manzonia tokyoensis (Pilsbry, 1904)
- Merelina wanawana Kay, 1979 : synonym of Manzonia wanawana (Kay, 1979)
Distribution
This species is found along Tasmania.
References
- ^ a b Merelina Iredale, 1915 . WoRMS (2009). Merelina Iredale, 1915 . In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=180960 on 21 September 2011.
- Ponder W. F. (1985). A review of the Genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum supplement 4: 1-221
- 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
- Criscione F. & Ponder W.F. (2011) A review of the Recent Australian species of Merelina Iredale, 1915 (Caenogastropoda: Rissoidae). Molluscan Research 31(2): 65-84. abstract
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