Inella (gastropod) explained

Inella is a genus of minute sea snails with left-handed shell-coiling, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Triphoridae.^[1]

Species

Species in the genus Inella include:

• Inella apexbilirata Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 2008
• Inella compsa (Dall, 1927)
• Inella differens Rolán & Lee, 2008
• Inella dinea (Dall, 1927)
• Inella enopla (Dall, 1927)
• Inella faberi Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 2008
• Inella gaesona (Dall, 1927)
• Inella gemmulata (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
• Inella harryleei Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 2008
• Inella longissima (Dall, 1881)
• Inella meteora (Dall, 1927)
• Inella noduloides Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 2008
• Inella pinarena Espinosa, Ortea, Fernandez-Garcés & Moro, 2007
• Inella pompona (Dall, 1927)
• Inella pseudolongissima Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 2008
• Inella pseudotorticula Rolán & Lee, 2008
• Inella sarissa (Dall, 1889)
• Inella sentoma (Dall, 1927)
• Inella slapcinskyi Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 2008
• Inella undebermuda Rolán & Lee, 2008
• Inella unicornium Simone, 2006

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database (OBIS) also mentions the following species :^[2]

• Inella acicula Laseron, 1958
• Inella aculeata Kosuge, 1962
• Inella asperrima (Hinds, 1843)
• Inella carinata Marshall, 1983
• Inella chrysalis Kosuge, 1963
• Inella gigas (Hinds, 1843)
• Inella granicostata Kosuge, 1962
• Inella hervieri (Kosuge, 1962)
• Inella intercalaris Marshall, 1983
• Inella japonica Kuroda & Kosuge, 1963
• Inella kimblae Marshall, 1983
• Inella lanceolata Kosuge, 1962
• Inella maxillaris (Hinds, 1843)
• Inella micans (Hinds, 1843)
• Inella numerosa Jousseaume, 1898
• Inella obliqua (May, 1915)
• Inella obtusa Marshall, 1983
• Inella pavimenta (Laseron, 1958)
• Inella perimensis Jousseaume, 1898
• Inella sculptus (Hinds, 1843)
• Inella spicula Kosuge, 1962
• Inella spina (Verco, 1909)
• Inella subfenestrata Kosuge, 1962
• Inella verluysi (Schepman, 1909)
• Inella verrucosa (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
• Inella vittatus (Hinds, 1843)

The Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca also mentions the following species :^[3]

• Inella bigemma (Watson, 1880)
• Inella colon (Dall, 1881)
• Inella inflata (Watson, 1880)
• Inella intermedia (Dall, 1881)
• Inella torticula (Dall, 1881)
• Inella triserialis (Dall, 1881)

The website Gastropods.com also includes the following species :^[4]

• Inella clathratus (Gould, A.A., 1861)
• Inella distorta (Laseron, C.F., 1958)
• Inella hungerfordi (Sowerby, G.B. III, 1914)
• Inella iniqua (Jousseaume, F.P., 1884)
• Inella lutaoi Chang, C.K. & W.L. Wu, 2006
• Inella mistura (Laseron, C.F., 1958)
• Inella monovitta (Laseron, C.F., 1958)
• Inella multigyrata Yokoyama, M., 1920
• Inella pyramidalis (Adams, A. & L.A. Reeve, 1850)
• Inella rushii (Dall, W.H., 1889)
• Inella ryosukei (Kosuge, S., 1963)
• Inella spina (Verco, J.C., 1909)

Notes and References

1. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415508 Inella
2. http://clade.ansp.org/obis/search.php/10077 OBIS : Inella
3. http://www.malacolog.org/search.php?nameid=3215 Malacolog : Inella
4. http://www.gastropods.com/Taxon_pages/Family_TRIPHORIDAE.shtml#TRIPHORIDAETRIPHORINAE Hastropods.com : Inella; accessed : 9 June 2011