Lunella

Lunella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1]

This article is about a genus of gastropods. For the form of birth control, see Estradiol cypionate/medroxyprogesterone acetate. For the Alpine mountain, see Punta Lunella.

Lunella
Two shells of Lunella granulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Lunella
Röding, 1798
Type species
Turbo versicolor
Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms[1]
  • Lunella (Lunella) Röding, 1798
  • Lunella (Ninella) Gray, 1850
  • Lunella (Subninella) Thiele, 1929
  • Turbo (Lunella) Röding, 1798 (rank change)

The Australian Faunal Directory classifies Lunella as Turbo (Lunella) Röding, 1798 [2]

Species

Species within the genus Lunella include:

References
  1. Lunella Röding, 1798. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 October 2011.
  2. Australian Faunal Directory: Turbo (Lunella)
  3. Lunella cinerea (Born, 1778). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  4. Lunella coreensis (Récluz, 1853). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  5. Lunella coronata (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  6. Lunella granulata (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  7. Lunella ogasawarana Tomoyulo Nakano, Kyoko Takashashi & Tomowo Ozawa, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  8. Lunella smaragdus (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  9. Lunella (Ninella) torquata (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  10. Lunella (Subninella) undulata (Lightfoot, 1786). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 October 2011.
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
  • Williams, S.T. (2007). Origins and diversification of Indo-West Pacific marine fauna: evolutionary history and biogeography of turban shells (Gastropoda, Turbinidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2007, 92, 573–592


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.