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Clathurellidae Clathurellidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea". '' ...

Description

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Daphnella ''Daphnella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae. Not to be confused with ''Daphnella'' Baird, 1850, a synonym of ''Diaphanosoma'' Fischer, 1850 belonging to the Sididae, a family of ctenopods. Descr ...

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Species

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

Clathurella aubryana ''Clathurella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clathurellidae. Description The shell is fusiform or turriculated. The columella lip has no callosity, except a small posterior tooth. There is no operculum. The s ...

'' (Hervier, 1896) * '' Clathurella canfieldi'' Dall, 1871 * ''

Clathurella capaniola ''Clathurella capaniola'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clathurellidae. Description Distribution This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along California California is a state in the Western Un ...

'' (Dall, 1919) * ''

Clathurella clarocincta ''Clathurella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clathurellidae. Description The shell is fusiform or turriculated. The columella lip has no callosity, except a small posterior tooth. There is no operculum. The s ...

'' (Boettger, 1895) * '' Clathurella colombi'' Stahlschmidt, Poppe & Tagaro, 2018 * ''

Clathurella crassilirata ''Clathurella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clathurellidae. Description The shell is fusiform or turriculated. The columella lip has no callosity, except a small posterior tooth. There is no operculum. The s ...

'' E. A. Smith, 1904 * '' Clathurella eversoni'' Tippett, 1995 * '' Clathurella extenuata'' (Dall, 1927) * '' Clathurella fuscobasis'' Rehder, 1980 * ''

Clathurella grayi ''Clathurella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clathurellidae. Description The shell is fusiform or turriculated. The columella lip has no callosity, except a small posterior tooth. There is no operculum. The s ...

'' (Reeve, 1845) * ''

Clathurella horneana ''Clathurella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clathurellidae. Description The shell is fusiform or turriculated. The columella lip has no callosity, except a small posterior tooth. There is no operculum. The s ...

'' (E. A. Smith, 1884) * ''

Clathurella leucostigmata ''Clathurella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clathurellidae. Description The shell is fusiform or turriculated. The columella lip has no callosity, except a small posterior tooth. There is no operculum. The s ...

'' (Hervier, 1896) * '' Clathurella perdecorata'' (Dall, 1927) * ''

Clathurella peristernioides ''Clathurella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clathurellidae. Description The shell is fusiform or turriculated. The columella lip has no callosity, except a small posterior tooth. There is no operculum. The s ...

'' (Schepman, 1913) * '' Clathurella pertabulata'' (Sturany, 1903) * † '' Clathurella pierreaimei'' Ceulemans, Van Dingenen & Landau, 2018 * '' Clathurella polignaci'' Lamy, 1923 (taxon inquirendum) * '' Clathurella ponsonbyi'' (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892) (taxon inquirendum) * '' Clathurella rava'' (Hinds, 1843) * '' Clathurella rogersi'' Melvill & Standen, 1896 (taxon inquirendum) * '' Clathurella salarium'' P. Fischer in Locard, 1897 (taxon inquirendum) * '' Clathurella squarrosa'' Hervier, 1897 (taxon inquirendum) * '' Clathurella subquadrata'' (E. A. Smith, 1888) * '' Clathurella verrucosa'' Stahlschmidt, Poppe & Tagaro, 2018 ;Species brought into synonymy: * † ''Clathurella abnormis'' W.F. Hutton, 1885: synonym of † '' Antiguraleus abnormis'' (Hutton, 1885) * ''Clathurella albifuniculata'' (Reeve, 1846): synonym of '' Kermia albifuniculata'' (Reeve, 1846) * ''Clathurella albovirgulata'' (Souverbie, 1860): synonym of '' Asperdaphne albovirgulata'' (Souverbie, 1860) * ''Clathurella clathra'' Lesson, 1842: synonym of ''

Muricodrupa fenestrata ''Muricodrupa fenestrata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Description The shell size varies between 17 mm and 45 mm. Distribution This species occurs ...

'' (Blainville, 1832) * ''Clathurella conradiana'' Gabb, 1869: synonym of '' Crockerella conradiana'' (Gabb, 1869) (original combination) * ''Clathurella crassilirata'' Hervier, 1897: synonym of '' Pseudodaphnella crasselirata'' (Hervier, 1897) (original combination) * ''Clathurella enginaeformis'' G. & H. Nevill, 1875: synonym of ''Rahitoma enginaeformis'' (G. & H. Nevill, 1875) * ''Clathurella epidelia'' Duclos in Chenu, 1848: synonym of '' Maculotriton serriale'' (Deshayes, 1834) * ''Clathurella irretita'' Hedley, 1899: synonym of '' Kermia irretita'' (Hedley, 1899) * ''Clathurella maryae'' McLean & Poorman, 1971: synonym of '' Etrema maryae'' (McLean & Poorman, 1971) * ''Clathurella pulicaris'' Lesson, 1842: synonym of '' Maculotriton serriale'' (Deshayes, 1834) * ''Clathurella rigida'' (Hinds, 1843): synonym of '' Lienardia rigida'' (Hinds, 1843) * ''Clathurella tessellata'': synonym of '' Kermia tessellata'' (Hinds, 1843)

References

External links

Carpenter P.P. (1857). Catalogue of the collection of Mazatlan Mollusca in the British Museum collected by Frederick Reigen. London, xvi + 552 pp

Smith, E.A. (1888) Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 6, 2, 300–317

P Bartsch. "The Nomenclatorial Status of Certain Northern Turritid Mollusks"; Proceedings of the biological Society of Washington 54, 1-14, 1941

G. & H. Nevill, Descriptions of New Marine Mollusca from the Indian Ocean; The journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. vol. 44 p. 2, 1875
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