Bruceina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Bruceina
Shell of Bruceina cognata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Bruceina
Özdikmen, 2013
Type species
Herbertina eos
B. A. Marshall, 1988
Synonyms
  • Herbertina B. A. Marshall, 1988 (invalid: junior homonym of Herbertina Schaus, 1901 [Lepidoptera]; Bruceina is a replacement name)

Species

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Species within the genus Bruceina include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Bruceina hayesi Herbert, 1995:[5] synonym of Bruceina chenoderma (Barnard, 1963)

References

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  1. ^ Bruceina Özdikmen, 2013. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 August 2013.
  2. ^ Bruceina cognata (Barnard, 1963). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 January 2019.
  3. ^ Bruceina cognata Marshall, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  4. ^ Bruceina eos Marshall, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  5. ^ Bruceina hayesi Herbert, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  • Özdikmen H. (2013) Substitute names for three preoccupied generic names in Gastropoda. Munis Entomology & Zoology 8(1): 252-256