''Ariella '' is a
genus of minute
sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
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mollusks or
micromollusk
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s in the
family Scissurellidae, the little slit snails.
[Bouchet, P. (2012). Ariella. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * At http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435296 on 2012-07-20]
Species
Species within the genus ''Ariella '' include:
* † ''
Ariella haliotimorpha''
Bandel, 1998
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Ariella campbelli''
Bandel, 1998: synonym of ''
Sinezona levigata''
(Iredale, 1908)
* ''Ariella lacuniformis''
(Watson, 1886): synonym of ''
Macromphalina lacuniformis''
(Watson, 1886) (species inquirenda)
* ''Ariella pauperata''
(Powell, 1933): synonym of ''
Sinezona pauperata''
Powell, 1933
* ''Ariella subantarctica''
(Hedley, 1916): synonym of ''
Sinezona subantarctica''
(Hedley, 1916)
References
* Geiger D.L. (2003) ''Phylogenetic assessment of characters proposed for the generic classification of Recent Scissurellidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) with a description of one new genus and six new species from Easter Island and Australia''. Molluscan Research 23: 21-83
* Geiger D.L. (2012) ''Monograph of the little slit shells. Volume 1. Introduction, Scissurellidae. pp. 1-728. Volume 2. Anatomidae, Larocheidae, Depressizonidae, Sutilizonidae, Temnocinclidae''. pp. 729–1291. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs Number 7
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Scissurellidae