- Murchisonellidae
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Murchisonellidae Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade PanpulmonataSuperfamily: Pyramidelloidea Family: Murchisonellidae
Casey, 1904[1]Synonyms[3] - Ebalidae Warén, 1994[2]
- Anisocyclidae Van Aartsen, 1995
Murchisonellidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pyramidelloidea.[3]
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Taxonomy
1999 taxonomy
Under the system according to Christoffer Schander, Van Aartsen & Corgan (1999),[4] there were five genera in the Ebalidae:
- Ebala J. E. Gray, 1847
- Bermudaclis Bartsch, 1947
- Chesapeakella Campbell, 1993
- Ebalina Thiele, 1929
- Henrya Bartsch, 1947
2005 taxonomy
This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Genera
Genera within the family Muchisonellidae include:
- Ebala Gray, 1847 - synonym: Anisocycla Monterosato, 1880[5]
- Henrya Bartsch, 1947[6]
- Murchisonella Mörch, 1875 - type genus[3]
- Genera brought into synonymy
- Anisocycla Monterosato, 1880 : synonym of Ebala Gray, 1847
References
- ^ Casey (1904). Transactions of the Academy of Science of St Louis 14: 125.
- ^ Warén, A. (1994). "Systematic position and validity of Ebala, Gray, 1847 (Ebalidae fam. n., Pyramidelloidea, Heterobranchia)". Bollettino Malacologico 30: 203–210.
- ^ a b c Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3925919724. ISSN 0076-2997. http://www.archive.org/details/malacologia47122005inst.
- ^ Schander C., van Aartsen J. J. & Corgan, J. C. (1999). "Families and genera of the Pyramidelloidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Bollettino Malacologico 34 (9–12): 145–166.
- ^ Gofas, S. (2009). Ebala Gray, 1847. 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=137920 on 2010-09-16
- ^ WoRMS (2010). Henrya. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415463 on 2010-09-16
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