''Yaronia'' is a
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of
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the subfamily
Denticallosiinae of the
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Colloniidae
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, the turban snails.
[Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Yaronia''. Accessed through: ]World Register of Marine Species
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at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=571713 on 2012-09-01
Species
Species within the genus ''Yaronia'' include:
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Yaronia gestroi
''Yaronia gestroi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Yaronia gestroi'' (Caramagna, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org ...
''
(Caramagna, 1888)
* ''
Yaronia pustulata
''Yaronia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Denticallosiinae of the family Colloniidae, the turban snails.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Yaronia''. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species
The World ...
''
(Brocchi, 1821)
;Synonyms:
* ''Yaronia albobrunnea''
(Bozzetti, 2014): synonym of ''
Denticallosia albobrunnea''
(Bozzetti, 2014) (superseded combination)
;Taxon inquirendum:
* ''Yaronia pyropus''
(Reeve, 1848)
References
* Mienis H.K. (2011), Remarks concerning Turbo pustulatus, Turbo pyropus and Collonia gestroi, with the description of Yaronia: a new genus for a small turbinid species from the Red Sea (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Turbinidae). Triton
ournal of the Israel Malacological Society23: 1-4.
* Huang S.-I, Fu I-F. & Poppe G.T. (2016). Taiwanese and Philippine Colloniidae. Nomenclatural remarks and the description of 17 new species (Gastropoda: Colloniidae). Visaya. 4(5): 4-42.
External links
To World Register of Marine Species
Colloniidae
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