Brocchinia (gastropod)

Brocchinia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.

Brocchinia
Shell of Brocchinia canariensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Volutoidea
Family:	Cancellariidae
Genus:	Brocchinia Jousseaume, 1887{
Type species
†Voluta mitraeformis Brocchi, 1814
Synonyms
Anapepta Finlay, 1930 Solutosveltia Habe, 1961

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species with a valid name are included within the genus Brocchinia :

• † Brocchinia anomala (P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1920)
• Brocchinia azorica (Bouchet & Warén, 1985)
• † Brocchinia bicarinata (Hoernes & Auinger, 1890)
• Brocchinia canariensis Rolán & Hernández, 2009
• Brocchinia clenchi Petit, 1986
• † Brocchinia culminata (Beu, 1970)
• Brocchinia decapensis (Barnard, 1960)
• Brocchinia exigua (E.A. Smith, 1891)
• † Brocchinia explicata (Laws, 1935)
• † Brocchinia finlayi (Marwick, 1931)
• Brocchinia fischeri (A. Adams, 1860)
• Brocchinia harasewychi de Barros & de Lima, 2007
• Brocchinia kaiensis Verhecken, 1997
• † Brocchinia lamellifera P. A. Maxwell, 1992
• † Brocchinia lestellensis Lozouet, 1999
• Brocchinia nodosa (Verrill & S. Smith, 1885)
• † Brocchinia nucleosa (Marwick, 1931)
• † Brocchinia petiti P. A. Maxwell, 1992
• Brocchinia pustulosa Verhecken, 1991
• Brocchinia septentrionalis (Finlay, 1930)
• † Brocchinia serrata (Laws, 1935)
• Brocchinia tanimbarensis Verhecken, 1997
• † Brocchinia tauroparva (Sacco, 1894)
• † Brocchinia tuberculifera (Laws, 1935)
• Brocchinia verheckeni de Barros & de Lima, 2007

Species brought into synonymy

• Brocchinia cornidei (Altimira, 1978) : synonym of Admetula cornidei (Altimira, 1978)
• Brocchinia pusilla (H. Adams, 1869) : synonym of Brocchinia clenchi Petit, 1986

References

• Jousseaume F.P. (1887). La famille Cancellariidae (Mollusques Gastéropodes). Le Naturaliste. ser. 2, 9(19): 155-157, 192-194, 213-214, 221-223
• Verhecken A. (1997) Mollusca Gastropoda: Arafura Sea Cancellariidae collected during the Karubar cruise. In: A. Crosnier & P. Bouchet (eds), Résultats des campagnes Musorstom, volume 16. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 172: 295-323. page(s): 300
• Petit, R.E. & Harasewych, M.G. (2005) Catalogue of the superfamily Cancellarioidea Forbes and Hanley, 1851 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)- 2nd edition. Zootaxa, 1102, 3-161. NIZT 682
• Hemmen J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Wiesbaden, 428pp

External links

• Sacco, F. (1894). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XVI. (Cancellariidae). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 82 pp., 3 pl.Carlo Clausen, Torino
• Finlay, H. J. (1930). Additions to the Recent fauna of New Zealand. No. 3. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 61: 222-247