Mucronalia Explained

Mucronalia is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Eulimidae.^[1]

This genus was first described in 1860 by Arthur Adams in his paper, "On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan".^[2]

These sea snails are thought to be parasitic on ophiuroids (brittle stars).^[3]

Species

Species within the genera Mucronalia include:^[4]

• Mucronalia bicincta A. Adams, 1860 (Type taxon)
• Mucronalia bizonula Melvill, 1906
• Mucronalia bulimuloides Dall, 1927
• Mucronalia epibathra Melvill, 1906
• Mucronalia exilis A. Adams, 1862
• Mucronalia exquisita G. B. Sowerby III, 1915
• Mucronalia involuta Carpenter, 1865
• Mucronalia lepida Melvill, 1906
• Mucronalia mammillata Dall, 1927
• Mucronalia ophiuraphila Habe, 1974
• Mucronalia oxytenes Melvill, 1904
• Mucronalia rosea Pease, 1860
• Mucronalia trilineata Warén, 1980
• Mucronalia variabilis Schepman, 1913

Taxon inquirendum:

• Mucronalia interrupta (A. Adams, 1864)

Nomen nudum:

• Mucronalia tumida ^{Pease MS, Tryon, 1886}

Species brought into synonymy:

• Mucronalia aethria Melvill, 1918: synonym of Melanella aethria (Melvill, 1918)
• Mucronalia angulata Mandahl-Barth, 1949: synonym of Scalaribalcis angulata (Mandahl-Barth, 1949)
• Mucronalia birtsi Preston, 1904: synonym of Stilifer birtsi (Preston, 1904)
• Mucronalia capillastericola Minichev, 1970: synonym of Goodingia capillastericola (Minichev, 1970)
• Mucronalia cylindrica G. B. Sowerby III, 1900: synonym of Hypermastus cylindricus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1900)
• Mucronalia eburnea Schepman & Nierstrasz, 1909: synonym of Stilapex eburnea (Schepman & Nierstrasz, 1909)
• Mucronalia gigas Kuroda & Habe, 1950: synonym of Melanella teinostoma (A. Adams, 1854)
• Mucronalia gracilis Pease, 1867: synonym of Peasistilifer gracilis (Pease, 1867)
• Mucronalia lactea A. Adams, 1864: synonym of Hypermastus lacteus (A. Adams, 1864)
• Mucronalia leucophaes Tomlin & Schackleford, 1913: synonym of Echineulima leucophaes (Tomlin & Shackleford, 1913)
• Mucronalia nidorum Pilsbry, 1956: synonym of Sabinella troglodytes (Thiele, 1925)
• Mucronalia nitidula Pease, 1860: synonym of Peasistilifer nitidula (Pease, 1860)
• Mucronalia ovata Pease, 1861: synonym of Echineulima ovata (Pease, 1861)
• Mucronalia palmipedis Koehler & Vaney, 1913: synonym of Apicalia palmipedis (Koehler & Vaney, 1913)
• Mucronalia philippinarum G. B. Sowerby III, 1900: synonym of Echineulima philippinarum (G. B. Sowerby III, 1900)
• Mucronalia suava Dall, 1927: synonym of Mucronalia mammillata Dall, 1927
• Mucronalia subula A. Adams, 1864: synonym of Hypermastus subula (A. Adams, 1864)
• Mucronalia varicosa Schepman, 1909: synonym of Goodingia varicosa (Schepman, 1909)
• Mucronalia xanthias Watson, 1886: synonym of Pelycidion xanthias (Watson, 1888)

Notes and References

1. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Mucronalia A. Adams, 1860 . Marinespecies.org . 15 August 2013.
2. On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Arthur. Adams. Arthur Adams (zoologist). 301. 1860.
3. 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1980.tb00663.x. Revision of the Genera Thyca, Stilifer, Scalenostoma, Mucronalia and Echineulima (Mollusca, Prosobranchia, Eulimidae). 1980. Waren. Anders. Zoologica Scripta. 9. 187.
4. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Mucronalia A. Adams, 1860 . Marinespecies.org . 15 August 2013.