''Semiricinula'' is a
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of
sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the subfamily
Rapaninae
Rapaninae is a subfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae.Houart, R. (2011). Rapaninae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1962 ...
of the
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Muricidae
Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex snails or rock snails. With about 1,600 living species, the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Neogas ...
, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Semiricinula'' include:
* ''
Semiricinula bozzettii''
Houart & Héros, 2013
* ''
Semiricinula fusca''
Küster Küster may refer to:
* Ernst Georg Ferdinand Küster (1839–1930), German surgeon
* Ernst Küster (1874–1953), German botanist
* Heinrich Carl Küster (1807–1876), malacologist
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, 1862
* ''
Semiricinula hadrolineae''
(Houart, 1996)
* ''
Semiricinula konkanensis
''Semiricinula konkanensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae
Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as ...
''
(Melvill, 1893)
* ''
Semiricinula muricina
''Semiricinula muricina'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae
Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as mu ...
''
(Blainville, 1832)
* ''
Semiricinula muricoides''
(Blainville, 1832)
* ''
Semiricinula squamigera''
( Deshayes, 1832)
* ''
Semiricinula squamosa''
( Pease, 1868)
* ''
Semiricinula tissoti''
(Petit de la Saussaye Sauveur Abel Aubert Petit de la Saussaye (1792–1870)Coan E. V. & Kabat A. R. (2017). ''2,400 years of malacology, 14th ed.'', 1,443 pp. + 110 pp. nnex 1 – Book Collations+ 65 pp. nnex 2 – Küster Collation 51 pp. nnex 3 – Journal Coll ...
, 1852)
* ''
Semiricinula tongasoa''
Bozzetti, 2018
* ''
Semiricinula turbinoides''
(Blainville, 1832)
;Species brought into synonymy
* ''Semiricinula chrysostoma''
( Deshayes, 1844): synonym of ''
Morula chrysostoma''
(Deshayes, 1844)
*''Semiricinula marginatra''
(Blainville, 1832): synonym of ''
Neothais marginatra
''Neothais marginatra'', common name : the brownish drupe, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Description
The shell size varies between 20 mm and 45 mm
Dis ...
''
(Blainville, 1832)
* ''Semiricinula nodosa''
(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) : synonym of ''
Orania nodosa''
(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)
References
* Claremont M., Vermeij G.J., Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2013) Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 91–102.
External links
Martens, E. von. (1879). Übersicht der von W. Peters von 1843 bis 1847 in Mossambique gesammelten Mollusca. Monatsberichte der königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1879(7): 727-749.Iredale, T. (1918). Molluscan nomenclatural problems and solutions.- No. 1. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 13(1-2): 28-40
Rapaninae
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