Bonellia (gastropod) explained

Bonellia is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae.^[1]

This genus has become a synonym of Niso Risso, 1826

Not to be confounded with Bonellia Rolando, 1822, a genus of worms in the family Bonelliidae of which it is a junior homonym.

Species

• Bonellia obtusa Anton, 1838 (taxon inquirendum)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Bonellia brunnea (Sowerby I, 1834): synonym of Niso brunnea (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
• Bonellia imbricata (Sowerby I, 1834): synonym of Niso imbricata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
• Bonellia interrupta (Sowerby I, 1834): synonym of Niso interrupta (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
• Bonellia splendidula (Sowerby I, 1834): synonym of Niso splendidula (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)

External links

• To World Register of Marine Species

Notes and References

1. WoRMS (2014). Bonellia Deshayes, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565621 on 2014-12-17