Mammilla is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Polinicinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]
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| Five views of a shell of Mammilla sebae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Genus: | Mammilla Schumacher, 1817 |
| Type species | |
| Mammilla fasciata Schumacher, 1817
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Species
editSpecies within the genus Mamilla include:
- Mammilla caprae (Philippi, 1852)
- Mammilla fibrosa (Gray, 1850)
- Mammilla kurodai (Iw. Taki, 1944)
- Mammilla mammata (Röding, 1798)
- Mammilla maura (Lamarck, 1816)
- Mammilla melanostoma (Gmelin, 1791)[2]
- Mammilla melanostomoides (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
- Mammilla mikawaensis Azuma, 1961
- Mammilla priamus (Récluz, 1844)
- Mammilla sebae (Récluz, 1844)
- Mammilla simiae (Deshayes, 1848)[3]
- Mammilla syrphetodes (Kilburn, 1976)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Mammilla fasciata Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Mammilla mammata (Röding, 1798)
- Mammilla plumatilis Iredale, 1936: synonym of Mammilla fibrosa (Gray, 1850)
- Mammilla propesimiae Iredale, 1929: synonym of Mammilla simiae (Deshayes, 1838)
- Further investigation needed
- Mammilla bernardii (Récluz, 1851) (species inquirenda)
References
edit- ^ Mammilla Schumacher, 1817. WoRMS (2009). Mammilla. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=568304 on 12 July 2012 .
- ^ Mammilla melanostoma (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2010.
- ^ Mammilla simiae (Deshayes, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2010.
- Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls.
External links
edit- Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls.
- Huelsken T., Tapken D., Dahlmann T., Wägele H., Riginos C. & Hollmann M. (2012) Systematics and phylogenetic species delimitation within Polinices s.l. (Caenogastropoda: Naticidae) based on molecular data and shell morphology. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 12: 349-375.
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