Gelagna is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cymatiidae.[2]
| Gelagna | |
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| shell of Gelagna succincta | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cymatiidae |
| Genus: | Gelagna Schaufuss, 1869[1] |
| Type species | |
| Triton clandestinus Lamarck, 1816 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Species
editSpecies within the genus Gelagna include:
- Gelagna pallida (Parth, 1996)[3]
- Gelagna succincta (Linnaeus, 1771)[4]
References
edit- ^ Schaufuss (1869). Moll. Syst. Cat. Paetel, 3.
- ^ a b Gelagna Schaufuss, 1869. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 December 2018.
- ^ Gelagna pallida (Parth, 1996). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
- ^ Gelagna succincta (Linnaeus, 1771). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
External links
edit- Mörch, O. A. L. (1852-1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi [.... Fasc. 1, Cephalophora, 170 pp. [1852]; Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. ]
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