''Lunella'' is a

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of sea snails, marine gastropod

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s in the

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Turbinidae Turbinidae, the turban snails, are a family of small to large marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea.Bouchet, P. (2014). Turbinidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies ...

, the turban snails. The Australian Faunal Directory classifies ''Lunella'' as ''Turbo (Lunella)'' Röding, 1798

Species

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

Lunella cinerea ''Lunella cinerea'', common name the smooth moon turban, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails. Description The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 50 mm. The solid, ...

'' (Born, 1778) * ''

Lunella coronata ''Lunella coronata'', common name the crowned turban shell or the coronate moon turban, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails. Description The shell grows to a length of 4 cm, w ...

'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''

Lunella correensis ''Lunella correensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the subfamily Turbininae of the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Lunella correensis'' (Récluz, 1853). Accessed through: World Regist ...

'' (Récluz, 1853)Récluz, C. A. (1853). Description de coquilles nouvelles (Genres Turbo, Triton et Mitra). Journal de Conchyliologie. 4: 49-54
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Lunella granulata ''Lunella granulata'', common name the granulated moon turban, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails. Description The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 40 mm. The ...

'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''

Lunella jungi ''Lunella jungi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Lunella jungi'' (Lai, 2006). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespec ...

'' (Lai, 2006) * ''

Lunella moniliformis ''Lunella moniliformis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2014). Lunella moniliformis Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Specie ...

'' Röding, 1798 * ''

Lunella ogasawarana ''Lunella ogasawarana'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails. Etymology The species name ‘''ogasawarana''’ is given to highlight its endemicity in Ogasawara Islands, Japan. ...

'' Tomoyulo Nakano, Kyoko Takashashi & Tomowo Ozawa, 2007 * ''

Lunella smaragda ''Lunella smaragda'', common name the cat's eye snail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails. There has been little published on this species. Description This species has a green ...

'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''

Lunella torquata ''Lunella torquata'', common name the twisted necklace, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails. Description The length of the shell varies between 35 mm and 110 mm. The lar ...

'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''

Lunella undulata ''Lunella undulata'', common name the common warrener or the lightning turban, is a species of sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae. Description The size of the shell varies between 33 mm and 75 mm. The solid ...

'' (Lightfoot, 1786) * ''

Lunella viridicallus ''Lunella viridicallus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Lunella viridicallus'' (Jousseaume, 1892). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ht ...

'' (Jousseaume, 1898)

References

* Thiele, J. (1929-1935). Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde. Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1154 pp * Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp. * Williams, S.T. (2007). ''Origins and diversification of Indo-West Pacific marine fauna: evolutionary history and biogeography of turban shells (Gastropoda, Turbinidae)''. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2007, 92, 573–592

External links

Röding P.F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg. viii, 199 pp.

Gray, J. E. (1850). [text
In: Gray, M. E., Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London. Vol. 4, iv + 219 pp. (August) [Frontispiece (portrait of Mrs. Gray); pp. ii–iv (preface); 1–62 (explanation of plates 1–312 in Volumes 1–3); pp. 63–124 (systematic arrangement of figures); 127–219 (reprint of Gray 1847)]
Williams, S.T. (2007). Origins and diversification of Indo-West Pacific marine fauna: evolutionary history and biogeography of turban shells (Gastropoda, Turbinidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2007, 92, 573–592
Turbinidae Gastropod genera {{Turbinidae-stub