Biology:Brookula

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Brookula
Brookula contigua Powell, 1940 (AM MA70106-1).jpg
Brookula contigua
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Brookula
Iredale, 1912
Type species
Brookula stibarochila
Iredale, T., 1912
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Benthobrookula A. H. Clarke, 1961
  • Brookula (Aequispirella) Finlay, 1924

Brookula is a genus of minute sea snails or micromolluscs, marine gastropod molluscs unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Brookula include:[1]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Brookula (Aequispirella) Finlay, 1924: synonym of Aequispirella Finlay, 1924
  • Brookula (Aequispirella) corula (Hutton, 1885): synonym of Brookula corula (Hutton, 1885)
  • Brookula antarctica Dell, 1990: synonym of Brookula strebeli A. W. B. Powell, 1951
  • Brookula augeria Laseron, 1954: synonym of Brookula angeli (Tenison-Woods, 1877)
  • Brookula consobrina May, 1923: synonym of Brookula crebresculpta (Tate, 1899)
  • Brookula corulum (Hutton, 1885): synonym of Brookula corula (Hutton, 1885)
  • Brookula crassicostata (Strebel, 1908): synonym of Liotella crassicostata (Strebel, 1908)
  • Brookula delli' Numanami, 1996: synonym of Brookula pfefferi Powell, 1951
  • Brookula jacksonensis Laseron, 1954: synonym of Brookula nepeanensis (Gatliff, 1906)
  • Brookula meridionale (Melvill & Standen, 1912): synonym of Munditia meridionalis (Melvill & Standen, 1912)
  • Brookula obscura Laseron, 1954: synonym of Brookula angeli (Tenison-Woods, 1877)
  • Brookula orospatia Laseron, 1954: synonym of Brookula angeli (Tenison-Woods, 1877)
  • Brookula rossiana Dell, 1990: synonym of Brookula pfefferi Powell, 1951
  • Brookula sinusbreidensis Numanami & Okutani, 1991: synonym of Brookula pfefferi Powell, 1951
  • Brookula tumida Laseron, 1954: synonym of Brookula angeli (Tenison-Woods, 1877)
  • Brookula turbinata Laseron, 1954: synonym of Brookula angeli (Tenison-Woods, 1877)

The following species are also mentioned in the book "New Zealand Mollusca" by A.W.B. Powell (1979) :

  • Brookula aethiopica
  • Brookula annulata
  • Brookula anxia
  • Brookula capensis
  • Brookula coatsianum
  • Brookula compacta
  • Brookula denseplicata
  • Brookula discoidea
  • Brookula disjuncta
  • Brookula gaudens
  • Brookula johnstoni
  • Brookula kilcundae
  • Brookula petalifera
  • Brookula pliculosa
  • Brookula pulcherrima
  • Brookula valdiviae

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 WoRMS (2010). Brookula Iredale, 1912. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196946 on 26 March 2013

External links

  • 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
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN:0-00-216906-1
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