Amathina
| Amathina | |
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| Lateral view of a shell of Amathina tricarinata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subcohort: | Panpulmonata |
| Superfamily: | Pyramidelloidea |
| Family: | Amathinidae |
| Genus: | Amathina Gray, 1842[1] |
| Type species | |
| Patella tricarinata Linnaeus, 1767 | |
Amathina is a genus of small sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Amathinidae.[2]
Amathina is the type genus of the family Amathinidae.[3]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Amathina include:
- Amathina bicarinata Pease, 1861
- Amathina oyamai Masuda & H. Noda, 1976
- Amathina tricarinata (Linnaeus, 1767)[4]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Amathina angustata Souverbie, 1875: synonym of Amathina tricarinata (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Amathina imbricata G. B. Sowerby III, 1889: synonym of Hipponicidae incertae sedis imbricata G. B. Sowerby III, 1889 (not Amathina, but rather Hipponicidae)
- Amathina nobilis A. Adams, 1867: synonym of Trichamathina nobilis (A. Adams, 1867)
- Amathina tricostata (Gmelin, 1790):[5] synonym of Amathina tricarinata (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Amathina trigona G. B. Sowerby II, 1870: synonym of Amathina bicarinata Pease, 1861
- Amathina violacea (Angas, 1867): synonym of Capulus violaceus Angas, 1867
- Amathina violaceus (Angas, 1867): synonym of Amathina violacea (Angas, 1867): synonym of Capulus violaceus Angas, 1867 (incorrect gender ending)
References
[edit]- ^ Gray (1842). Syn. cont. Brit. Mus., ed. 44: 63.
- ^ WoRMS (2010). Amathina Gray, 1842. 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=181104 on 2011-03-15
- ^ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- ^ Gofas, S. (2010). Amathina tricarinata (Linnaeus, 1767). 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=181105 on 2011-03-15
- ^ WoRMS (2010). Amathina tricostata (Gmelin, 1790). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215181 on 2011-03-15
External links
[edit]- Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Archived 2021-12-23 at the Wayback Machine
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