''Pirenella'' is a
genus of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s,
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family Potamididae.
[Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2016). Pirenella Gray, 1847. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206423 on 2016-03-29]
Species
Species within the genus ''Pirenella'' include:
* ''
Pirenella alata
''Pirenella alata'' 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 (by mar ...
''
(Philippi, 1849)
* ''
Pirenella arabica''
Reid, 2016
* ''
Pirenella asiatica''
Ozawa & Reid, 2016
* ''
Pirenella austrocingulata''
Reid, 2015
* † ''
Pirenella balatonica''
(Tausch, 1886)
* ''
Pirenella caiyingyai
''Pirenella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Potamididae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2016). Pirenella Gray, 1847. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
''
(Qian, Fang & He, 2013)
* ''
Pirenella cancellata''
Ozawa & Reid, 2016
* ''
Pirenella cingulata
''Pirenella cingulata'' is a species of medium-sized sea snails or mud snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Potamididae, the horn snails.Bouchet, P. (2016). Pirenella cingulata (Gmelin, 1791). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed throug ...
''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''
Pirenella conica
''Cerithideopsilla conica'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Potamididae.WoRMS (2011). ''Potamides conicus'' (Blainville, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespe ...
''
(Blainville, 1829)
* † ''
Pirenella delicatula
''Pirenella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Potamididae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2016). Pirenella Gray, 1847. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marines ...
''
Reid, 2016
* † ''
Pirenella etrusca''
(Mayer, 1864)
* ''
Pirenella graeca''
(Deshayes, 1835)
* ''
Pirenella incisa''
(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)
* ''
Pirenella microptera
''Pirenella microptera'' is a species of snail, a brackish-water 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), affinit ...
''
(Kiener, 1841)
* ''
Pirenella nanhaiensis''
Fu & Reid, 2016
* ''
Pirenella nipponica''
Ozawa & Reid, 2016
* ''
Pirenella pupiformis''
Ozawa & Reid, 2016
* ''
Pirenella retifera''
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1855)
* ''
Pirenella rugosa''
Reid, 2016
* † ''
Pirenella subconica''
(Pallary, 1901)
* † ''
Pirenella supracretacea
''Pirenella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Potamididae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2016). Pirenella Gray, 1847. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marines ...
''
(Tausch, 1886)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Pirenella boswellae''
(Barnard, 1963): synonym of ''
Pseudovertagus clava
''Pseudovertagus clava'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class ...
''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Pirenella cailliaudi''
(Potiez & Michaud, 1838): synonym of ''Pirenella conica''
(Blainville, 1829)
* ''Pirenella insculpta''
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1865): synonym of ''
Zeacumantus plumbeus
''Zeacumantus plumbeus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Batillariidae
Batillariidae, common name batillariids or mudcreepers, are a family of marine, cerithioidean gastropod molluscs in thesuperfamily Ce ...
''
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1855)
* ''Pirenella layardii''
(A. Adams, 1854): synonym of ''Pirenella conica''
(Blainville, 1829)
* ''Pirenella mammillata''
(Gray, 1847): synonym of ''Pirenella conica''
(Blainville, 1829)
References
* Lozouet P. (1986). Redéfinition des genres Potamides et Pirenella (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia) à partir des espèces actuelles et fossiles. Implications phylétiques et biogéographiques.. Annales de Paléontologie 72: 163-210
External links
Jousseaume (F.P.) 1894. Diagnoses des coquilles de nouveaux mollusques. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris, 8(6): 98-105.Reid D.G. & Ozawa T. (2016). ''The genus Pirenella Gray, 1847 (= Cerithideopsilla Thiele, 1929) (Gastropoda: Potamididae) in the Indo-West Pacific region and Mediterranean Sea''. Zootaxa. 4076(1): 1-91
Potamididae
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