''Mammilla'' is a
genus
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of
predatory
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sea snails,
marine gastropod mollusk
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s in the subfamily
Polinicinae of the
family
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Naticidae
Naticidae, common name moon snails or necklace shells, is a family of medium to large-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha. The shells of the species in this family are mostly globular in shape.
Nat ...
, the moon snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Mamilla'' include:
* ''
Mammilla caprae''
(Philippi, 1852)
* ''
Mammilla fibrosa''
(Gray, 1850)
* ''
Mammilla kurodai''
(Iw. Taki, 1944)
* ''
Mammilla mammata''
(Röding, 1798)
* ''
Mammilla maura''
(Lamarck, 1816)
* ''
Mammilla melanostoma''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''
Mammilla melanostomoides''
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
* ''
Mammilla mikawaensis''
Azuma, 1961
* ''
Mammilla priamus''
(Récluz, 1844)
* ''
Mammilla sebae''
(Récluz, 1844)
* ''
Mammilla simiae''
(Deshayes, 1848)
* ''
Mammilla syrphetodes''
(Kilburn, 1976)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Mammilla fasciata''
Schumacher, 1817: synonym of ''Mammilla mammata''
(Röding, 1798)
* ''Mammilla plumatilis''
Iredale, 1936: synonym of ''Mammilla fibrosa''
(Gray, 1850)
* ''Mammilla propesimiae''
Iredale, 1929: synonym of ''Mammilla simiae''
(Deshayes, 1838)
;Further investigation needed:
* ''Mammilla bernardii''
(Récluz, 1851) (
species inquirenda
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The term t ...
)
References
* Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) ''Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae''. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls.
External links
Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls.Huelsken T., Tapken D., Dahlmann T., Wägele H., Riginos C. & Hollmann M. (2012) Systematics and phylogenetic species delimitation within Polinices s.l. (Caenogastropoda: Naticidae) based on molecular data and shell morphology. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 12: 349-375.
Naticidae
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