''Uvanilla'' 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
Marine is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the sea or ocean.
Marine or marines may refer to:
Ocean
* Maritime (disambiguation)
* Marine art
* Marine biology
* Marine debris
* Marine habitats
* Marine life
* Marine pollution
Military
* ...
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 Turbinidae, the turban snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Uvanilla'' include:
* ''
Uvanilla babelis
''Uvanilla babelis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
Description
The shell attains a height of 21 mm, its diameter 19 mm. The imperforate, elevated shell has a conic ...
''
(P. Fischer, 1874)
* ''
Uvanilla buschii
''Uvanilla buschii'', common name Busch's star shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Uvanilla buschii'' (Philippi, 1844). Accessed through: World Registe ...
''
(Philippi, 1844)
* ''
Uvanilla olivacea
''Uvanilla olivacea'', common name the blood-spotted star shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
Distribution
This species is found from La Paz in the Gulf of California sout ...
''
(W. Wood, 1828)
* ''
Uvanilla unguis
''Uvanilla unguis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Uvanilla unguis'' (W. Wood, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.ma ...
''
(W. Wood, 1828)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Uvanilla heimburgi''
Dunker, 1882: synonym of ''
Astralium heimburgi
''Astralium heimburgi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Astralium heimburgi''. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespec ...
''
(Dunker, 1882)
References
* Keen M. (1971) ''Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú'', ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.
* Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2011) ''The family Turbinidae. Subfamilies Turbininae Rafinesque, 1815 and Prisogasterinae Hickman & McLean, 1990''. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds), A Conchological Iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. pp. 1–82, pls 104-245.
Turbinidae
Gastropod genera
{{Turbinidae-stub