''Closia'' is a
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of
sea snail
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s,
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
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mollusk
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s in the subfamily Pruninae of the
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Marginellidae
Marginellidae, or the margin shells, are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of small, often colorful, sea snails, Marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Neogastropoda.
Taxonomy
The higher classification of ...
, the margin snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Closia'' include:
* † ''
Closia cenchridium''
Le Renard & van Nieulande, 1985
* † ''
Closia chevallieri''
Le Renard & van Nieulande, 1985
* † ''
Closia convergens''
Le Renard & van Nieulande, 1985 [J. Le Renard & F.A.D. van Nieulande in: Mededelingen van de Werkgroep voor Tertiaire en Kwartaire Geologie, vol 22 (1985) nr. 1 p. 3-69]
* ''
Closia giadae''
Cossignani, 2001
* † ''
Closia inadspecta
''Closia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pruninae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Closia'' include:
* † '' Closia cenchridium'' Le Renard & van Nieulande ...
''
Le Renard & van Nieulande, 1985
* ''
Closia limpida''
Bozzetti, 1992
* ''
Closia majuscula
''Closia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pruninae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Closia'' include:
* † '' Closia cenchridium'' Le Renard & van Nieulande ...
''
(Martens, 1877)
* ''
Closia princeps
''Closia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pruninae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Closia'' include:
* † '' Closia cenchridium'' Le Renard & van Nieulande ...
''
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1901)
* † ''
Closia pseudampulla
''Closia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pruninae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Closia'' include:
* † '' Closia cenchridium'' Le Renard & van Nieulande ...
''
Le Renard & van Nieulande, 1985
* ''
Closia sarda
''Closia sarda'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Mascarene
The Mascarene Islands (, ) or Mascarenes or Masca ...
''
(Kiener, 1834)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* † ''Closia aucklandica''
Dell, 1950 : synonym of † ''
Archierato aucklandica
''Archierato'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eratoidae
Eratoidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Cypraeoidea .MolluscaBase (2018). Eratoidae Gill, 187 ...
''
(Dell, 1950) (original combination)
* ''Closia lilacina''
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1846): synonym of ''
Bullata lilacina
''Bullata'' is a genus of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Distribution
This is a tropical western Atlantic genus.
Habitat
Representatives from this genus have been recorded a ...
''
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1846)
* ''Closia manceli''
Jousseaume, 1875: synonym of ''
Cystiscus manceli
''Cystiscus mancelli'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cystiscidae.
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Mascarene
The Mascarene Islands (, ) or Mascarenes or Mascarenhas Archipela ...
''
(Jousseaume, 1875)
* ''Closia maoria''
Powell, 1937: synonym of ''
Ovaginella maoria
''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 ...
''
(Powell, 1937)
References
* Cossignani T. (2006). ''Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World''. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp.
* Bozzetti L. (2013) ''Note on the genus Closia Gray, 1857 (Marginellidae, Marginellinae).'' Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 78: 13-17.
External links
Revision of the supraspecific classification of marginelliform gastropods; The Nautilus v.109 p. 43-110J. Le Renard & F.A.D. van Nieulande, Mededelingen van de Werkgroep voor Tertiaire en Kwartaire Geologie, vol 22 (1985) nr. 1 p. 3-69
Marginellidae
Gastropod genera
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