Hydroginella

Hydroginella is a genus of marginellid minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]

Hydroginella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Marginellidae
Subfamily:
Marginellinae
Genus:
Hydroginella

Laseron, 1957
Synonyms[1]

Neptoginella Laseron, 1957
Pillarginella Gabriel, 1962

Hydroginella caledonica (Jousseaume, 1876) can parasitize sleeping fishes of the families Scaridae, Serranidae and Pomacentridae at coral reefs in New Caledonia by night. This snail is able to inserts its proboscis in the fish fleash and probably pumps some body fluids.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Hydroginella include:

References
  1. Hydroginella Laseron, 1957. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  2. Bouchet, P. (1989). A marginellid gastropod parasitizes sleeping fishes. Bulletin of marine science, 45(1), 76-84. (abstract)
  3. Hydroginella angustata Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  4. Hydroginella bullata Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  5. Hydroginella galatea Lussi & Smith, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  6. Hydroginella gemella Boyer, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  7. Hydroginella marina Lorenz & Kostin, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  8. Hydroginella musorstomi Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  9. Hydroginella richeri Boyer, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  10. Hydroginella roselineae Cossignani, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  11. Hydroginella rugosa Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  12. Hydroginella tuii Cossignani, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  13. Hydroginella unica Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  14. Hydroginella vitiensis Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  15. Hydroginella wareni Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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