Alexania (gastropod)
Appearance
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Shell of Alexania inazawai | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Epitoniidae |
Genus: | Alexania Strand, 1928 |
Type species | |
Alexandria natalensis Tomlin, 1926 | |
Species | |
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Alexania is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.[1]
Distribution
[edit]Species of this genus occurs in the Indo-West Pacific; also off Australia and South Africa.
Species
[edit]According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following species with valid names are included within the genus Alexania :[1]
- Alexania callizona (Habe, 1961)
- Alexania floridana (Pilsbry, 1945)
- Alexania globula (Angas, 1880)
- Alexania inazawai (Kuroda, 1943)
- Alexania moerchi (A. Adams & Angas, 1864)
- Alexania natalensis (Tomlin, 1926)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Alexania Strand, 1928 . Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204230 on 2010-12-19
- Strand, E. (1928). "Miscellanea nomenclatoria zoologica et palaeontologica. I–II". Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 92A (8): 30–75.
- Strand, E. (1932). "Miscellanea nomenclatorica zoologica et palaeontologica. III, IV". Folia Zoologica et Hydrobiologica. 4 (1): 133–147, 193–196.
- Wenz, W (1938–1944). Gastropoda. Teil 1: Allgemeiner Teil und Prosobranchia. xii + 1639 pp. In: Schindewolf, O.H. (Ed.) Handbuch der Paläozoologie, Band 6. Berlin: Bornträger. pp. 1–1639.
- Kuroda, T. (1943). "On a new gastropod genus Habea". Venus: 11–14.
- Brown, L.G. & Neville, B.D. (2015). "Catalog of the recent taxa of the families Epitoniidae and Nystiellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature". Zootaxa. 3907 (1): 1–188. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3907.1.1.
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External links
[edit]- Pilsbry, H.A. (1945). "Stenacme floridana, an American member of the Amphibolacea". The Nautilus. 58 (4): 112–116.
- Kilburn, R.N. (1985). "The family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa and Mozambique" (PDF). Annals of the Natal Museum. 27 (1).
- Robertson, R. & Habe, T. (1965). "Alexania replaces Habea (Epitoniidae)". The Nautilus. 78 (4): 140–141.
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