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Smaragdinella

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Smaragdinella
Smaragdinella calyculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Cephalaspidea
Superfamily: Haminoeoidea
Family: Haminoeidae
Genus: Smaragdinella
A. Adams, 1848
Type species
Bulla viridis
Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
Synonyms[1]
  • Glauconella Gray, 1850
  • Linteria A. Adams, 1850

Smaragdinella is a genus of medium-sized sea snails or bubble snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod molluscs in the family Haminoeidae, the haminoea bubble snails, part of the clade Cephalaspidea, the headshield slugs and bubble snails.[1]

Species

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Species within the genus Smaragdinella include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Smaragdinella algirae (A. Adams in G. B. Sowerby II, 1850): synonym of Melanochlamys algirae (A. Adams in G. B. Sowerby II, 1850)
  • Smaragdinella andersoni (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1871): synonym of Smaragdinella sieboldi A. Adams, 1864
  • Smaragdinella canaliculata (Broderip & G.B. Sowerby I, 1829): synonym of Smaragdinella calyculata (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
  • Smaragdinella thecaphora Carpenter, 1857: synonym of Julia thecaphora (Carpenter, 1857)
  • Smaragdinella viridis (Rang in Quoy & Gaimard, 1832): synonym of Smaragdinella calyculata (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)

References

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  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Smaragdinella A. Adams, 1848. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138055 on 2016-07-13
  • Rudman, W. B. (1972). The herbivorous opisthobranch genera Phanerophthalmus A. Adams and Smaragdinella A. Adams. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 40: 189-210
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