Murchisonellidae Explained

Murchisonellidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Murchisonelloidea.^[1]

Taxonomy

1999 taxonomy

Under the system according to Christoffer Schander, Van Aartsen & Corgan (1999),^[2] there were five genera in the Ebalidae:

• Ebala J. E. Gray, 1847
• Bermudaclis Bartsch, 1947
• Chesapeakella Campbell, 1993
• Ebalina Thiele, 1929
• Henrya Bartsch, 1947

2005 taxonomy

This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

This has been changed in 2013 into two subfamilies.^[3]

Genera

Genera within the family Muchisonellidae include:

Subfamily Ebalinae Warén, 1995

• Ebala Gray, 1847 - synonym: Anisocycla Monterosato, 1880^[4]

Subfamily Murchisonellinae T. L. Casey, 1904

• Henrya Bartsch, 1947^[5]
• Koloonella Laseron, 1959
• Murchisonella Mörch, 1875 - type genus
• Pseudoaclisina Yoo, 1994

Genera brought into synonymy :

• Bermudaclis Bartsch, 1947: synonym of Murchisonella Mörch, 1875
• Laseronella Whitley, 1959: synonym of Murchisonella Mörch, 1875
• Murchisoniella P. Fischer, 1885: synonym of Murchisonella Mörch, 1875
• Pandorella Laseron, 1951: synonym of Murchisonella Mörch, 1875

References

• Peñas, A.; Rolán, E. (2013). Revision of the genera Murchisonella and Pseudoaclisina (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Murchisonellidae). Vita Malacologica. 11: 15-64
• Warén A. (2013) Murchisonellidae: who are they, where are they and what are they doing? (Gastropoda, lowermost Heterobranchia). Vita Malacologica 11: 1-14

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Murchisonellidae Casey, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411886 on 2015-04-14
2. Schander C. . Christoffer Schander . van Aartsen J. J. . Corgan, J. C. . amp . 1999 . Families and genera of the Pyramidelloidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda) . Bollettino Malacologico . 34 . 9–12 . 145–166 .
3. Warén A. (2013) Murchisonellidae: who are they, where are they and what are they doing? (Gastropoda, lowermost Heterobranchia). Vita Malacologica 11: 1-14.
4. Gofas, S. (2009). Ebala Gray, 1847. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137920 on 2010-09-16
5. WoRMS (2010). Henrya. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415463 on 2010-09-16