Murdochella Explained

Murdochella is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropods in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps, the purple snails, and their allies.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Murdochella:^[1]

• Murdochella alacer Finlay, 1927
• Murdochella antarctica Dell, 1990
• Murdochella crispata Kilburn, 1985
• Murdochella levifoliata (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
• Murdochella lobata Kilburn, 1985
• Murdochella macrina Iredale, 1936
• Murdochella tricingulata Campagnari & Geiger, 2018
• Murdochella turritelliformis L. G. Brown, 2019

Former species

• Murdochella magellanica (Philippi, 1845): synonym of Cirsotrema magellanicum (R. A. Philippi, 1845)
• Murdochella superlata Finlay, 1930 - synonymized with Papuliscala superlata (Finlay, 1930)
• Murdochella tertia Finlay, 1930 - synonymized with Murdochella alacer Finlay, 1927

References

• https://web.archive.org/web/20070928082133/http://wwmcat.it/malaco/family/nystiellinae.htm
• Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
• Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp

External links

• Finlay, H. J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 320-485, pls 18-23
• Brown L.G. & Neville B.D. (2015). Catalog of the recent taxa of the families Epitoniidae and Nystiellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. Zootaxa. 3907(1): 1-188
• Kilburn R.N. (1985). The family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum. 27(1): 239-337.

Notes and References

1. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Murdochella Finlay, 1926 . 2023-07-09 . www.marinespecies.org . en.