''Claremontiella'' is a
genus of small, predatory
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s, related to the genera ''Tenguella'' and ''Muricodrupa''. Its members are marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
molluscs in the
family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Claremontiella Houart, Zuccon & Puillandre, 2019. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1335130 on 2021-08-16]
In 2013, genetic analysis indicated that ''
Morula nodulosa'' was not closely related to the main group of ''Morula'' species, but rather was sister to a ''
Tenguella
Tenguella (also known as Temelá) was the founder of the Empire of Great Fulo. He was responsible, along with his son, for the Fula migration to the Gambia. He was named Great Fulo or Great king of the Fulos in Portuguese documents of the tim ...
''–''
Muricodrupa
''Muricodrupa'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ergalataxinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species
* ''Muricodrupa anaxares'' (Kiener, 1836) (previously ''Morula anaxares'')
...
'' clade.
In response, the new genus ''Claremontiella'' was proposed in 2019, including ''
C. nodulosa'' as type species, its close relative ''
C. consanguinea'', and a newly-described species: ''
C. adiakritos''.
''Claremontiella'' is named in honor of researcher Martine Claremont.
Species
* ''
Claremontiella adiakritos''
Houart, Zuccon & Puillandre, 2019
* ''
Claremontiella consanguinea''
(E. A. Smith, 1890)
* ''
Claremontiella nodulosa''
(C. B. Adams, 1845)
Notes
References
Ergalataxinae
Taxa described in 2019
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