''Canalispira'' is a
genus
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of very small
sea snail
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s,
marine
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s or
micromollusk
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s in the
family
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Cystiscidae
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Description
The shell is minute to large, either white, uniformly colored, or patterned; the surface is smooth, sculptured, or axially costate; ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Canalispira'' include:
*''
Canalispira attentia''
( Laseron, 1957)
*''
Canalispira aurea''
Garcia, 2006
* ''
Canalispira columellaria''
Boyer, 2018
*''
Canalispira fallax''
( Smith, 1903)
*''
Canalispira infirma''
( Laseron, 1957)
*''
Canalispira kerni''
Garcia, 2007
*''
Canalispira lipei''
Garcia, 2007
*''
Canalispira minor''
( Dall, 1927)
*''
Canalispira olivellaeformis''
Jousseaume, 1875
*''
Canalispira replicata
''Canalispira replicata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Cystiscidae
Cystiscidae is a taxonomic family of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks.
Description
The shell is minute t ...
''
(Melvill
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, 1912)
*''
Canalispira shacklefordi''
(Preston, 1915)
*''
Canalispira umuhlwa''
Kilburn, 1990
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Canalispira fluctuata''
McCleery & Wakefield, 2007: synonym of ''
Osvaldoginella fluctuata''
(McCleery & Wakefield, 2007) (original combination)
*''Canalispira gomezi''
(Espinosa & Ortea, 1997): synonym of ''
Osvaldoginella gomezi''
Espinosa & Ortea, 1997
* ''Canalispira hoffi''
(Moolenbeek & Faber, 1991): synonym of ''
Osvaldoginella hoffi''
(Moolenbeek & Faber, 1991)
*''Canalispira ornata''
McCleery & Wakefield, 2007: synonym of ''
Osvaldoginella gomezi''
Espinosa & Ortea, 1997 (original combination)
*''Canalispira phantasia''
McCleery & Wakefield, 2007:
synonym of ''
Osvaldoginella phantasia''
(McCleery & Wakefield, 2007) (original combination)
References
Further reading
* Laseron, C. F. (1957). A new classification of the Australian Marginellidae (Mollusca), with a review of species from the Solanderian and Dampierian zoogeographical provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 8(3): 274-311
* Coovert G. A. & Coovert H. K. (1995). "Revision of the supraspecific classification of marginelliform gastropods". ''
The Nautilus'' 109(2-3): 43-110.
External links
Jousseaume F. (1875). Coquilles de la famille des marginelles. Monographie. Revue et Magazin de Zoologie. ser. 3, 3: 164-271; 429-435McCleery T. & Wakefield A. (2007). "A review of the enigmatic genus ''Canalispira'' Jousseaume, 1875 (Gastropoda: Cystiscidae) with the description of three new species from the western Atlantic" ''
Novapex'' 8(1): 1-10
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