''Marinula'' is a
genus
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of small air-breathing
land snail
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s,
terrestrial pulmonate
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gastropod
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mollusc
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s in the
family
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Ellobiidae.
[Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). Marinula King, 1832. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206085 on 2015-02-24]
This genus is found in
New Zealand
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.
Species
Species within the genus ''Marinula'' include:
* ''
Marinula acuta''
(d'Orbigny, 1835)
* ''
Marinula concinna''
(C. B. Adams, 1852)
* ''
Marinula filholi''
Hutton, 1878
* ''
Marinula juanensis''
* ''
Marinula maindroni''
Vélain, 1877
* ''
Marinula parva''
(Swainson, 1855)
* ''
Marinula pepita''
King, 1832
* ''
Marinula rhoadsi''
Pilsbry, 1910
* ''
Marinula striata''
Odhner, 1924
* ''
Marinula tristanensis''
Connolly, 1915
* ''
Marinula velaini''
Connolly, 1915
* ''
Marinula xanthostoma''
;Species brought into synonymy:
* Subgenus ''Marinula (Monica)''
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855: synonym of ''
Ovatella'' Bivona-Bernardi, 1832
* ''
Marinula affinis''
(Férussac, 1821): synonym of ''
Pedipes affinis''
Férussac, 1821
* ''Marinula chathamensis''
Finlay, 1928: synonym of ''Marinula filholi''
Hutton, 1878
References
King, P.P. (1832) Description of the Cirrhipeda, Conchifera and Mollusca, in a collection formed by the officers of H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle employed between the years 1826 and 1830 in surveying the southern coasts of South America, including the Straits of Magalhaens and the coast of Tierra del Fuego. Zoological Journal, 5: 332-349*
Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
Ellobiidae
Gastropods of New Zealand
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