Batillaria Explained

Batillaria is a genus of small salt marsh or mudflat snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Batillariidae, the horn snails.

Species

Species within the genus Batillaria include:

• Batillaria attramentaria (G. B. Sowerby I, 1855)^[1] - Japanese false cerith
• Batillaria australis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)^[2]
• Batillaria bornii (Sowerby II, 1887 in 1842–87)^[3]
• Batillaria estuarina (Tate, 1893)^[4]
• Batillaria flectosiphonata Ozawa, 1996^[5]
• Batillaria multiformis (Lischke, 1869)^[6]
• Batillaria mutata (Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1902)^[7]
• Batillaria sordida Gmelin, 1791^[8]
• Batillaria zonalis (Bruguière, 1792)^[9] - Japanese false cerith, synonyms: Batillaria aterrima, Batillaria atramenfaria, Batillaria cumingi and also (cotroversely with above) Batillaria multiformis^[10]

Synonyms:

• Batillaria minima (Gmelin, 1791) - West Indian false cerith, is a synonym of Lampanella minima (Gmelin, 1791)

References

• Ozawa, T., Köhler, F., Reid, D.G. & Glaubrecht, M. (2009). Tethyan relicts on continental coastlines of the northwestern Pacific Ocean and Australasia: molecular phylogeny and fossil record of batillariid gastropods (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea). Zoologica Scripta, 38: 503-525

Further reading

• Ozawa T., Köhler F., Reid D. G. & Glaubrecht M. (2009). "Tethyan relicts on continental coastlines of the northwestern Pacific Ocean and Australasia: molecular phylogeny and fossil record of batillariid gastropods (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea)". Zoologica Scripta 38(5): 503–525. .

Notes and References

1. WoRMS (2010). Batillaria attramentaria (G. B. Sowerby I, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397021 on 2011-06-26
2. WoRMS (2010). Batillaria australis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446433 on 2011-06-26
3. http://clade.ansp.org/obis/search.php/92101 Batillaria
4. WoRMS (2010). Batillaria estuarina (Tate, 1893). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446434 on 2011-06-26
5. WoRMS (2010). Batillaria flectosiphonata Ozawa, 1996. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446435 on 2011-06-26
6. WoRMS (2010). Batillaria multiformis (Lischke, 1869). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446436 on 2011-06-26
7. Finet, Y. . 1996 . Batillaria mutata . 1996 . e.T2637A9463522 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T2637A9463522.en . 16 November 2021.
8. WoRMS (2010). Batillaria sordida Gmelin, 1791. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446437 on 2011-06-26
9. Bouchet, P. (2011). Batillaria zonalis (Bruguière, 1792). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397022 on 2011-06-26
10. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=71923