''Simulamerelina'' is a
genus
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of minute
sea snails,
marine gastropod mollusk
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s or
micromollusks in the
family
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Rissoidae
Rissoidae is a large family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Rissooidea and the order Littorinimorpha
Littorinimorpha is a large order of snails, gastropods, consisting pr ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Simulamerelina'' include:
* † ''
Simulamerelina andraldensis''
(Lozouet, 1998)
* ''
Simulamerelina australes''
Amati, Di Giulio & Oliverio, 2023
* ''
Simulamerelina bermudensis''
(Faber & Moolenbeek, 1987)
* † ''
Simulamerelina boucheti''
(Lozouet, 1998)
* ''
Simulamerelina caribaea''
(d’Orbigny, 1842)
* ''
Simulamerelina corruga''
(Laseron, 1956)
* ''
Simulamerelina crassula''
(Rehder, 1980)
* ''
Simulamerelina densestriata''
Amati, Di Giulio & Oliverio, 2023
* ''
Simulamerelina didyma''
(Watson, 1886)
* † ''
Simulamerelina falsimerelina''
(Lozouet, 1998)
* ''
Simulamerelina ferruginea''
(A. Adams, 1861)
* ''
Simulamerelina gemmata''
(A. W. B. Powell, 1927)
* ''
Simulamerelina gracilis''
Amati, Di Giulio & Oliverio, 2023
* ''
Simulamerelina granulosa''
(Pease, 1862)
* ''
Simulamerelina guesti''
(Faber & Moolenbeek, 1987)
* ''
Simulamerelina hewa''
(Kay, 1979)
* † ''
Simulamerelina hortensis''
(Lozouet, 1998)
* ''
Simulamerelina lepteseiras''
Amati, Di Giulio & Oliverio, 2023
* ''
Simulamerelina longinqua''
(Rehder, 1980)
* ''
Simulamerelina mauritiana''
(Martens, 1880)
* ''
Simulamerelina micrometrica''
Amati, Di Giulio & Oliverio, 2023
* ''
Simulamerelina novemstriata''
Faber & Moolenbeek, 2004
* ''
Simulamerelina tokyoensis''
(Pilsbry, 1904)
* ''
Simulamerelina tuamotu''
Amati, Di Giulio & Oliverio, 2023
* ''
Simulamerelina wanawana''
(Kay, 1979)
References
External links
Ponder W. F. (1985).'' A review of the Genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea)''. Records of the Australian Museum supplement 4: 1-221 page(s): 49Amati, B.; Di Giulio, A.; Oliverio, M. (2023). Shallow-water Rissoidae of the genera Alvania Risso, 1826, Haurakia Iredale, 1915, Parashiela Laseron, 1956, Simulamerelina Ponder, 1985 and Subestea Cotton, 1944 (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda, Rissooidea) from French Polynesia, with the description of a new deep-water genus. Zoosystema. 45(25): 803-892
Rissoidae
Taxa named by Winston Ponder
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