Vanikoridae is a
family
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of minute to medium-sized
sea snails,
marine gastropod molluscs in the
superfamily Vanikoroidea.
Genera and species
Genera within the family Vanikoridae include:
* ''
Amamiconcha''
Habe, 1961
* ''
Berthais''
Melvill, 1904
* ''
Caledoniella''
Souverbie, 1869
* ''
Constantia''
A. Adams, 1860
* † ''
Cymenorytis''
Cossmann, 1888
* ''
Fossarella''
Thiele, 1925
* ''
Japanonoba''
Habe & Ando, 1987
* † ''
Kaawatina''
Bartrum & Powell, 1928
* ''
Larsenia''
Warén, 1989
* ''
Macromphalina''
Cossmann, 1888
* ''
Macromphalus''
S. V. Wood, 1842
* ''
Megalomphalus''
Brusina, 1871
* ''
Naricava''
Hedley, 1913
* ''
Nilsia''
Finlay, 1926
* ''
Radinista''
Finlay, 1926
* '
A. Adams, 1863
* ''
Talassia''
Warén & Bouchet, 1988
* ''
Tropidorbis''
Iredale, 1936
* ''
Tubiola''
A. Adams, 1863
* ''
Vanikoro
Vanikoro (sometimes wrongly named ''Vanikolo'') is an island in the Santa Cruz group, located to the Southeast of the main Santa Cruz group. It is part of the Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands.
The name ''Vanikoro'' is always used as thou ...
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J.R.C. Quoy & J.P. Gaimard, 1832
* ''
Zeradina''
Finlay, 1926
;Genera brought into synonymy:
* ''Chonebasis''
Pilsbry & Olsson, 1945: synonym of ''Macromphalina''
Cossmann, 1888
* ''Couthouyia''
A. Adams, 1860: synonym of ''Macromphalus''
S.V. Wood, 1842
* ''Epistethe''
Preston, 1912: synonym of Caledoniella
Souverbie, 1869
* ''Gyrodisca''
Dall, 1896: synonym of ''Megalomphalus''
Brusina, 1871
* ''Korovina''
Iredale, 1918: synonym of ''Vanikoro''
Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
* ''Leucotis''
Swainson, 1840: synonym of Vanikoro
Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
* ''Merria''
Gray, 1839: synonym of Vanikoro
Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
* ''Narica''
d'Orbigny, 1842: synonym of ''Vanikoro''
Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
References
The Taxonomicon* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp
Vanikoroidea
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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