''Hydroginella'' is a
genus
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of marginellid minute
sea snail
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s,
marine
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gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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s in the subfamily
Austroginellinae of the
family
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Marginellidae, the margin snails.
''
Hydroginella caledonica'' (Jousseaume, 1876) can parasitize sleeping fishes of the families
Scaridae,
Serranidae
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and
Pomacentridae
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at
coral reefs
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in
New Caledonia
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by
night
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. This snail is able to inserts its
proboscis
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in the fish flesh and probably pumps some body fluids.
Species
Species within the genus ''Hydroginella'' include:
* ''
Hydroginella agulhasensis''
(Thiele, 1925)
* ''
Hydroginella angustata
''Hydroginella angustata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Description
The length of the shell attains 9.2 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Fiji
F ...
''
Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003
* ''
Hydroginella bullata''
Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003
* ''
Hydroginella caledonica''
(Jousseaume, 1877)
* ''
Hydroginella chiapponii''
T. Cossignani & Lorenz, 2021
* ''
Hydroginella columnaria''
(Hedley & May, 1908)
* ''
Hydroginella cypraeaformis''
Boyer, 2015
* ''
Hydroginella dedicata''
Boyer, 2018
* ''
Hydroginella delessertiana''
(Récluz, 1841)
* ''
Hydroginella dispersa
''Hydroginella'' is a genus of marginellid minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Austroginellinae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
'' Hydroginella caledonica'' (Jousseaume, 1876) can parasitize sleeping ...
''
Laseron, 1957
* ''
Hydroginella dufresnei''
Boyer, 2015
* ''
Hydroginella fascicula''
(Laseron, 1957)
* ''
Hydroginella galatea
''Hydroginella galatea'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (b ...
''
Lussi & Smith, 1999
* ''
Hydroginella gemella
''Hydroginella gemella'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Description
The length of the shell attains 4.7 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Caledonia
...
''
Boyer, 2001
* ''
Hydroginella guttula
''Hydroginella'' is a genus of marginellid minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Austroginellinae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
'' Hydroginella caledonica'' (Jousseaume, 1876) can parasitize sleeping ...
''
(G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
* ''
Hydroginella limata
''Hydroginella'' is a genus of marginellid minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Austroginellinae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
'' Hydroginella caledonica'' (Jousseaume, 1876) can parasitize sleeping ...
''
(Ma, 1994)
* ''
Hydroginella marina''
Lorenz & Kostin, 2007
* ''
Hydroginella marionae''
Boyer, 2015
* ''
Hydroginella mixta''
(Petterd, 1884)
* ''
Hydroginella musorstomi''
Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003
* ''
Hydroginella osteri''
(Jousseaume, 1875)
* ''
Hydroginella richeri''
Boyer, 2001
* ''
Hydroginella rugosa''
Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003
* ''
Hydroginella scintilla''
(Jousseaume, 1875)
* ''
Hydroginella sordida''
(Reeve, 1865)
* ''
Hydroginella sterbai''
T. Cossignani & Lorenz, 2021
* ''
Hydroginella superstes''
(Laseron, 1957)
* ''
Hydroginella tridentata''
(Tate, 1878)
* ''
Hydroginella unica''
Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003
* ''
Hydroginella vincentiana''
(Cotton, 1944)
* ''
Hydroginella vitiensis''
Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003
* ''
Hydroginella wareni''
Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Hydroginella dawnbrinkae''
Massier, 1993: synonym of ''Hydroginella agulhasensis''
(Thiele, 1925)
* ''Hydroginella electrina''
(G. B. Sowerby III, 1892): synonym of ''Hyalina electrina''
(G. B. Sowerby III, 1892)
* ''Hydroginella roselineae''
Cossignani, 2009: synonym of ''
Hydroginella scintilla''
(Jousseaume, 1875)
* ''Hydroginella tropica''
Laseron, 1957: synonym of ''
Dentimargo tropicus''
(Laseron, 1957)
* ''Hydroginella tuii''
Cossignani, 2001:
synonym of ''
Serrata tuii''
(T. Cossignani, 2001) (original combination)
References
* 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.
* Boyer, F., Wakefield, A., McCleery, T., 2003. The genus Hydroginella (Caenogastropoda: Marginellidae) at bathyal levels from the Fiji Islands. Novapex 4(2-3): 67-77
* Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp.
Marginellidae
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