Mucronalia is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Eulimidae.[1]
| Mucronalia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Eulimidae |
| Genus: | Mucronalia A. Adams, 1860 |
| Type species | |
| Mucronalia bicincta A. Adams, 1860 | |
This genus was first described in 1860 by Arthur Adams in his paper, "On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan".[2]
These sea snails are thought to be parasitic on ophiuroids (brittle stars).[3]
Species
editSpecies within the genera Mucronalia include:[4]
- Mucronalia bicincta A. Adams, 1860 (Type taxon)
- Mucronalia bizonula Melvill, 1906
- Mucronalia bulimuloides Dall, 1927
- Mucronalia epibathra Melvill, 1906
- Mucronalia exilis A. Adams, 1862
- Mucronalia exquisita G. B. Sowerby III, 1915
- Mucronalia involuta Carpenter, 1865
- Mucronalia lepida Melvill, 1906
- Mucronalia mammillata Dall, 1927
- Mucronalia ophiuraphila Habe, 1974
- Mucronalia oxytenes Melvill, 1904
- Mucronalia rosea Pease, 1860
- Mucronalia trilineata Warén, 1980
- Mucronalia variabilis Schepman, 1913
- Taxon inquirendum
- Mucronalia interrupta (A. Adams, 1864)
- Nomen nudum
- Mucronalia tumida Pease MS, Tryon, 1886
- Species brought into synonymy
- Mucronalia aethria Melvill, 1918: synonym of Melanella aethria (Melvill, 1918)
- Mucronalia angulata Mandahl-Barth, 1949: synonym of Scalaribalcis angulata (Mandahl-Barth, 1949)
- Mucronalia birtsi Preston, 1904: synonym of Stilifer birtsi (Preston, 1904)
- Mucronalia capillastericola Minichev, 1970: synonym of Goodingia capillastericola (Minichev, 1970)
- Mucronalia cylindrica G. B. Sowerby III, 1900: synonym of Hypermastus cylindricus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1900)
- Mucronalia eburnea Schepman & Nierstrasz, 1909: synonym of Stilapex eburnea (Schepman & Nierstrasz, 1909)
- Mucronalia gigas Kuroda & Habe, 1950: synonym of Melanella teinostoma (A. Adams, 1854)
- Mucronalia gracilis Pease, 1867: synonym of Peasistilifer gracilis (Pease, 1867)
- Mucronalia lactea A. Adams, 1864: synonym of Hypermastus lacteus (A. Adams, 1864)
- Mucronalia leucophaes Tomlin & Schackleford, 1913: synonym of Echineulima leucophaes (Tomlin & Shackleford, 1913)
- Mucronalia nidorum Pilsbry, 1956: synonym of Sabinella troglodytes (Thiele, 1925)
- Mucronalia nitidula Pease, 1860: synonym of Peasistilifer nitidula (Pease, 1860)
- Mucronalia ovata Pease, 1861: synonym of Echineulima ovata (Pease, 1861)
- Mucronalia palmipedis Koehler & Vaney, 1913: synonym of Apicalia palmipedis (Koehler & Vaney, 1913)
- Mucronalia philippinarum G. B. Sowerby III, 1900: synonym of Echineulima philippinarum (G. B. Sowerby III, 1900)
- Mucronalia suava Dall, 1927: synonym of Mucronalia mammillata Dall, 1927
- Mucronalia subula A. Adams, 1864: synonym of Hypermastus subula (A. Adams, 1864)
- Mucronalia varicosa Schepman, 1909: synonym of Goodingia varicosa (Schepman, 1909)
- Mucronalia xanthias Watson, 1886: synonym of Pelycidion xanthias (Watson, 1888)
References
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- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Mucronalia A. Adams, 1860". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- ^ Adams, Arthur (1860). "On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan". Annals and Magazine of Natural History: 301.
- ^ Waren, Anders (1980). "Revision of the Genera Thyca, Stilifer, Scalenostoma, Mucronalia and Echineulima (Mollusca, Prosobranchia, Eulimidae)". Zoologica Scripta. 9: 187. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1980.tb00663.x.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Mucronalia A. Adams, 1860". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 15 August 2013.