Nepotilla
| Nepotilla | |
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| Nepotilla lamellosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Nepotilla Hedley, 1918 |
| Type species | |
| Daphnella bathentoma Verco, 1909
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Nepotilla is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Description
[edit]This genus is allied to Eucyclotoma by its spirally grooved protoconch, but distinguished there from by its minute size, turreted spire, and few whorls.[2]
Distribution
[edit]Species of this genus occur off New Zealand and Australia (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria).
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Nepotilla include:
- Nepotilla aculeata (May, 1916)[3]
- Nepotilla amoena (Sars G.O., 1878)[4]
- † Nepotilla bartrumi Laws, 1939
- Nepotilla bathentoma (Verco, 1909)[5]
- Nepotilla carinata Laseron, 1954[6]
- Nepotilla diaphana May, 1920[7]
- Nepotilla excavata (Gatliff, 1906)[8]
- Nepotilla fenestrata (Verco, 1909)[9]
- Nepotilla finlayi Powell, 1937[10]
- Nepotilla lamellosa (Sowerby III, 1896)[11]
- Nepotilla marmorata (Verco, 1909)[12]
- Nepotilla microscopica (May, 1916)[13]
- Nepotilla mimica (Sowerby III, 1896)[14]
- Nepotilla minuta (Tenison-Woods, 1877)[15]
- Nepotilla nezi (Okutani, 1964)
- Nepotilla nitidula Powell, 1940[16]
- Nepotilla powelli Dell, 1956[17]
- Nepotilla serrata Laseron, 1954[18]
- Nepotilla triseriata (Verco, 1909)[19]
- Nepotilla tropicalis Hedley, 1922[20]
- Nepotilla vera Powell, 1940[21]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Nepotilla Hedley, 1918. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Nepotilla aculeata (May, 1916). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Nepotilla amoena (Sars G.O., 1878). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Nepotilla bathentoma (Verco, 1909). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Nepotilla carinata Laseron, 1954. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Nepotilla diaphana May, 1920. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Nepotilla excavata (Gatliff, 1906). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Nepotilla fenestrata (Verco, 1909). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Nepotilla finlayi Powell, 1937. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Nepotilla lamellosa (Sowerby III, 1896). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Nepotilla marmorata (Verco, 1909). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Nepotilla microscopica (May, 1916). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Nepotilla mimica (Sowerby III, 1896). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Nepotilla minuta (Tenison-Woods, 1877). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Nepotilla nitidula Powell, 1940. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Nepotilla powelli Dell, 1956. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Nepotilla serrata Laseron, 1954. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Nepotilla triseriata (Verco, 1909). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Nepotilla tropicalis Hedley, 1922. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Nepotilla vera Powell, 1940. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- Powell, A.W.B. 1966. The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae, an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with list of characteristic species. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 5: 1–184, pls 1–23
- Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
External links
[edit]- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Raphitomidae
- Mollucs of Tasmania