''Balanetta'' is a
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of small, often colorful,
sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusc
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s in the
taxonomic
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family
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of the margin shells (
Marginellidae).
[WoRMS (2010). Balanetta Jousseaume, 1875. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=465260 on 2010-12-04]
Species
* ''
Balanetta amydrozona''
(Melvill, 1906)
* ''
Balanetta baylii
''Balanetta'' is a genus of small, often colorful, sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the taxonomic family of the margin shells (Marginellidae).WoRMS (2010). Balanetta Jousseaume, 1875. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World ...
''
Jousseaume, 1875
* ''
Balanetta cylichnella
''Balanetta'' is a genus of small, often colorful, sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the taxonomic family of the margin shells (Marginellidae).WoRMS (2010). Balanetta Jousseaume, 1875. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World ...
''
(May, 1917)
* ''
Balanetta pisum''
(Reeve, 1865)
* ''
Balanetta triptycta''
Le Renard & van Nieulande, 1985
;Species brought into synonymy :
* ''Balanetta baylei''
Jousseaume, 1875: synonym of ''Balanetta baylii''
Jousseaume, 1875 (alternative original spelling; spelling baylii selected by First Reviser choice by Tomlin (1917))
* ''Balanetta decaryi''
Bavay, 1920: synonym of ''
Ovaginella decaryi
''Ovaginella'' is a genus of marginellid minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Austroginellinae of the family Marginellidae
Marginellidae, or the margin shells, are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), fam ...
'' (Bavay, 1920)
* ''Balanetta ovulum''
(G.B. Sowerby, 1846): synonym of ''
Ovaginella ovulum
''Ovaginella'' is a genus of marginellid minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Austroginellinae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Ovaginella Laseron, 1957. Accessed thr ...
'' (G.B. Sowerby, 1846)
Description
Distribution
References
* Jousseaume, F., 1875. ''Coquilles de la famille des marginelles'', Monographie. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée 3(3): 164-278
* Cossignani T. (2006). ''Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World''. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp.
Marginellidae
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