Biology:Carinaria

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Carinaria
Carinaria anatomy
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Carinaria

Lamarck, 1801 [1]
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Carinaria is a genus of medium-sized floating sea snails, pelagic gastropod molluscs in the family Carinariidae.

Anatomy

The cylindrical and elongate body consists of three parts : a short proboscis, a well-developed trunk and tail region of variable size. The size of this tail goes from very small in Carinaria galea to very large in Carinaria cristata. The well-developed swimming fin is located in both sexes at the back of the trunk and has at its back margin a small fin sucker. The right tentacle is small or vestigial. The cuticle is thick and gelatinous.[2] The shells are known as “Venus slippers.”

Species

The World Register of Marine Species includes the following species within the genus Carinaria:[1]

Species brought into synonymy:
  • Carinaria atlantica Adams & Reeve, 1850: synonym of Carinaria lamarckii Blainville, 1817
  • Carinaria australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833: synonym of Carinaria lamarckii Blainville, 1817
  • Carinaria challengeri Bonnevie, 1920: synonym of Carinaria pseudorugosa Vayssière, 1904
  • Carinaria grimaldii Vayssière, 1904: synonym of Carinaria lamarckii Blainville, 1817
  • Carinaria lamarcki Péron & Lesueur, 1810: synonym of Carinaria lamarckii Blainville, 1817
  • Carinaria mediterranea Blainville, 1825: synonym of Carinaria lamarckii Blainville, 1817
  • Carinaria punctata d'Orbigny, 1836: synonym of Carinaria lamarckii Blainville, 1817

References

Further reading

  • Seapy, Roger R. 2008. Carinaria Lamarck 1801. Version 12 July 2008, Tree of Life Web Project: Carinaria
  • "Carinaria". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=72857. 
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • Bonnevie, K. 1920. Heteropoda collected during the "Michael Sars" North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition 1910 Report on the Scientific Results of the "Michael Sars" North Atlantic Deep Sea Expedition 1910 3(2) 1–16, pls. 1–5. [True date: 28 Feb 1920.]
  • Malacolog Version 4.1.0 : A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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