Biology:Mammilla (gastropod)

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Mammilla
Mammilla sebae 01.JPG
Five views of a shell of Mammilla sebae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Naticoidea
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Mammilla
Schumacher, 1817
Type species
Mammilla fasciata
Schumacher, 1817
Synonyms
  • Mamilla (incorrect spelling of generic name)
  • Naticaria Swainson, 1840
  • Polinices (Mammilla) Schumacher, 1817
  • Ruma Gray, 1847

Mammilla is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Polinicinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Mamilla include:

  • Mammilla caprae (Philippi, 1852)
  • Mammilla fibrosa (Gray, 1850)
  • Mammilla kurodai (Iw. Taki, 1944)
  • Mammilla mammata (Röding, 1798)
  • Mammilla maura (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Mammilla melanostoma (Gmelin, 1791)[2]
  • Mammilla melanostomoides (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
  • Mammilla mikawaensis Azuma, 1961
  • Mammilla priamus (Récluz, 1844)
  • Mammilla sebae (Récluz, 1844)
  • Mammilla simiae (Deshayes, 1848)[3]
  • Mammilla syrphetodes (Kilburn, 1976)
Species brought into synonymy
  • Mammilla fasciata Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Mammilla mammata (Röding, 1798)
  • Mammilla plumatilis Iredale, 1936: synonym of Mammilla fibrosa (Gray, 1850)
  • Mammilla propesimiae Iredale, 1929: synonym of Mammilla simiae (Deshayes, 1838)
Further investigation needed

References

  1. Mammilla Schumacher, 1817. WoRMS (2009). Mammilla. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=568304 on 12 July 2012 .
  2. Mammilla melanostoma (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2010.
  3. Mammilla simiae (Deshayes, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2010.
  • Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls.

External links


Wikidata ☰ Q6745799 entry