''Brookula'' is a

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Seguenzioidea Seguenzioidea is a superfamily of minute to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda.Gofas, S. (2010). Seguenzioidea. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed ...

.WoRMS (2010). Brookula Iredale, 1912. 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=196946 on 26 March 2013

Species

Species within the genus ''Brookula'' include: * ''

Brookula angeli ''Brookula angeli'' is a species of sea snail, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily (biology), superfamily Seguenzioidea.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Brookula angeli''. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine ...

'' (Tenison-Woods, 1876) * '' Brookula annectens''

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, 1937 * '' Brookula argentina'' (Zelaya, Absalao & Pimenta, 2006) * '' Brookula benthicola''

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, 1956 * † '' Brookula bifurcata'' Maxwell, 1992 * ''

Brookula bohni ''Brookula bohni'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea. Description The size of the shell varies between 0.95 mm and 1.3 mm. Distribution This marine species occurs off ...

'' Schwabe & Engl, 2008 * '' Brookula brevis'' (d'Orbigny, 1841) * ''

Brookula calypso ''Brookula calypso'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea. Description The height of the shell attains 1.3 mm. Distribution This marine species occurs off Argentina, the Falklan ...

'' (Melvill & Standen, 1912) * ''

Brookula charleenae ''Brookula charleenae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea. Description The size of the shell varies between 0.8 mm and 1.4 mm. Distribution This marine species occurs o ...

'' Schwabe & Engl, 2008 * ''

Brookula conica ''Brookula conica'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Brookula conica''. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org ...

'' (Watson, 1886) * ''

Brookula contigua ''Brookula contigua'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.Rosenberg, G. (2012). Brookula contigua. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecie ...

, 1940 * ''

Brookula coronis ''Brookula coronis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea Seguenzioidea is a superfamily of minute to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda. ...

'' Barnard, 1963 * ''

Brookula corula ''Brookula corula'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.Marshall, B. (2015). Brookula corula (Hutton, 1885). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.ma ...

'' (Hutton, 1885) * ''

Brookula crebresculpta ''Brookula crebresculpta'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea Seguenzioidea is a superfamily of minute to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastr ...

'' (Tate, 1899) * ''

Brookula decussata ''Brookula decussata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea. This species is considered sometimes a synonym of '' Brookula pfefferi'' Powell, A.W.B., 1951, but B. decussata is somewha ...

'' (Pelseneer, 1903) * ''

Brookula densilaminata ''Brookula densilaminata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.Marshall, B. (2013). ''Brookula densilaminata'' (Verco, 1907). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at h ...

'' (Verco, 1907) * ''

Brookula enderbyensis ''Brookula enderbyensis'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.Rosenberg, G. (2012). Brookula enderbyensis Powell, 1931. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ht ...

, 1931 * † ''

Brookula endodonta ''Brookula endodonta'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Brookula endodonta'' Finlay, 1924 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Speci ...

'' Finlay, 1924 * ''

Brookula exquisita ''Brookula exquisita'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp. Description The height of the shell attains 1.8 m ...

'' A. H. Clarke, 1961 * ''

Brookula finesia ''Brookula finesia'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Brookula finesia''. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.o ...

'' Laseron, 1954 * '' Brookula finlayi''

, 1933 * † '' Brookula fossilis'' Finlay, 1924 * † '' Brookula funiculata'' Finlay, 1924 * '' Brookula galapagana'' (Dall, 1913) * ''

Brookula gemmula ''Brookula gemmula'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.WoRMS (2012). ''Brookula gemmula'' (Turton, 1932). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinesp ...

'' (Turton, 1932) * '' Brookula iki'' Kay, 1979 * † '' Brookula iredalei'' Finlay, 1924 * † '' Brookula kaawaensis'' Laws, 1940 * '' Brookula kerguelensis'' Thiele, 1925 * '' Brookula lamonti'' Clarke, 1961 * '' Brookula megaumbilicata'' Absalão & Pimenta, 2005 * '' Brookula nepeanensis'' (Gatliff, 1906) * '' Brookula olearia'' Absalão & Pimenta, 2005 * '' Brookula paranaensis'' (Zelaya, Absalão & Pimenta, 2006) * ''

Brookula pfefferi ''Brookula pfefferi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea. Description The shell grows to a height of 2.5 mm. Distribution This marine species occurs off the South Georgia Isl ...

'' Powell, 1951 * '' Brookula polypleura'' (Hedley, 1904) * '' Brookula powelli'' Clarke, 1961 * '' Brookula prognata'' Finlay, 1927 * '' Brookula proseila'' Absalão & Pimenta, 2005 * † '' Brookula pukeuriensis'' Finlay, 1924 * '' Brookula spinulata'' Absalão, R.S., Miyaji & A.D. Pimenta, 2001 - Brazil * '' Brookula stibarochila'' Iredale, 1912 * '' Brookula strebeli'' A. W. B. Powell, 1951 * '' Brookula tanseimaruae'' Tsuchida & Hori, 1996 * † '' Brookula tenuilirata'' Finlay, 1924 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Brookula (Aequispirella)'' Finlay, 1924: synonym of '' Aequispirella'' Finlay, 1924 * ''Brookula (Aequispirella) corula'' (Hutton, 1885): synonym of ''

'' (Hutton, 1885) * ''Brookula antarctica'' Dell, 1990: synonym of '' Brookula strebeli'' A. W. B. Powell, 1951 * ''Brookula augeria'' Laseron, 1954: synonym of ''

'' (Tenison-Woods, 1877) * ''Brookula consobrina'' May, 1923: synonym of ''

'' (Tate, 1899) * ''Brookula corulum'' ( Hutton, 1885): synonym of ''

'' (Hutton, 1885) * ''Brookula crassicostata'' (Strebel, 1908): synonym of ''

Liotella crassicostata ''Liotella crassicostata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae,.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Liotella crassicostata'' (Strebel, 1908). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinesp ...

'' (Strebel, 1908) * ''Brookula delli' Numanami, 1996: synonym of ''

'' Powell, 1951 * ''Brookula jacksonensis'' Laseron, 1954: synonym of '' Brookula nepeanensis'' (Gatliff, 1906) * ''Brookula meridionale'' (Melvill & Standen, 1912): synonym of ''

Munditia meridionalis ''Munditia meridionalis'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Liotiidae.Bouchet, P. (2013). ''Munditia meridionalis'' (Melvill & Standen, 1912). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http: ...

'' (Melvill & Standen, 1912) * ''Brookula obscura'' Laseron, 1954: synonym of ''

'' (Tenison-Woods, 1877) * ''Brookula orospatia'' Laseron, 1954: synonym of ''

'' (Tenison-Woods, 1877) * ''Brookula rossiana'' Dell, 1990: synonym of ''

'' Powell, 1951 * ''Brookula sinusbreidensis'' Numanami & Okutani, 1991: synonym of ''

'' Powell, 1951 * ''Brookula tumida'' Laseron, 1954: synonym of ''

'' (Tenison-Woods, 1877) * ''Brookula turbinata'' Laseron, 1954: synonym of ''

'' (Tenison-Woods, 1877) The following species are also mentioned in the book "New Zealand Mollusca" by A.W.B. Powell (1979) : * '' Brookula aethiopica'' * '' Brookula annulata'' * '' Brookula anxia'' * '' Brookula capensis'' * '' Brookula coatsianum'' * '' Brookula compacta'' * '' Brookula denseplicata'' * ''

Brookula discoidea ''Brookula'' is a genus of minute sea snails or micromolluscs, marine gastropod molluscs unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.WoRMS (2010). Brookula Iredale, 1912. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca data ...

'' * '' Brookula disjuncta'' * '' Brookula gaudens'' * '' Brookula johnstoni'' * '' Brookula kilcundae'' * '' Brookula petalifera'' * '' Brookula pliculosa'' * '' Brookula pulcherrima'' * '' Brookula valdiviae''

References

Schwabe E. & Engl W. (2008). Description of two new deep-water species of the genus Brookula Iredale, 1912 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Trochoidea), with a revision of the genus for the Subantarctic and Arctic Sector of the Atlantic Ocean. Zootaxa, 1866: 187-204

External links

* Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). ''All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia''. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp * Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979

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