''Wanganella'' is a
genus
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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, unassigned in the
superfamily
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Seguenzioidea
Seguenzioidea is a superfamily of minute to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda.Gofas, S. (2010). Seguenzioidea. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Wanganella'' include:
* ''
Wanganella lata''
(Laseron, 1954)
* ''
Wanganella porcellana''
(Tate & May, 1900)
* ''
Wanganella ruedai'' (Rolan
& Gubbioli, 2000)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Wanganella fissura''
Laseron, 1954: synonym of ''Wanganella porcellana''
(Tate & May, 1900)
References
* Kano Y., Chikyu, E. & Warén, A. (2009) ''Morphological, ecological and molecular characterization of the enigmatic planispiral snail genus Adeuomphalus (Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea)''. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 75:397-418
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