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Conradiidae Conradiidae is a taxonomic family (created in 1987 by Golikov & Starobogatov) of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs. These genera were previously included in the polyphyletic family Skeneidae. They belong with ...

Species

Species within the genus ''Conjectura'' include: * '' Conjectura agulhasensis'' (Thiele, 1925) * '' Conjectura glabella'' (Murdoch, 1908) * '' Conjectura solomonensis'' Rubio & Rolán, 2020 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Conjectura atypica''

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, 1937: synonym of '' Acremodontina atypica'' (Powell, 1937) * ''Conjectura carinata''

, 1940: synonym of '' Acremodontina carinata'' (Powell, 1940) * † ''Conjectura congrua'' Laws, 1941: synonym of † ''

Cirsonella congrua ''Cirsonella'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Skeneidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Cirsonella. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails& ...

'' (Laws, 1941) (original combination) * ''Conjectura poutama'' Smith, 1962: synonym of '' Acremodontina poutama'' (E. C. Smith, 1962) * † ''Conjectura proava'' Marwick, 1931: synonym of † '' Cirsonella proava'' (Marwick, 1931) (original combination)

References

* Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 * Rubio F. & Rolán E. (2020). Conradiidae Golikov & Starobogatov, 1987 (= Crosseolidae Hickman, 2013) (Gastropoda, Trochoidea) from the Indo-Pacific. III. The genera Conradia and Conjectura. Novapex. 21(2-3): 49–91.

External links

Finlay H.J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 320-485, pls 18-23
{{Taxonbar, from=Q5161127 Conradiidae Gastropods of New Zealand