Ovaginella Explained

Ovaginella is a genus of marginellid minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Austroginellinae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.^[1]

Species

• † Ovaginella arenula Darragh, 2017
• Ovaginella decaryi (Bavay, 1920)
• Ovaginella maoria (Powell, 1937)
• † Ovaginella mumiformis Darragh, 2017
• Ovaginella ovulum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1846)
• Ovaginella profunda (Suter, 1909)
• Ovaginella tenisoni (Pritchard, 1900)

Synonyms:

• Ovaginella cylichnella (May, 1918): synonym of Balanetta cylichnella (May, 1918)
• Ovaginella nielseni (Laseron, 1948): synonym of Cystiscus minutissimus (Tenison Woods, 1876)
• Ovaginella rotunda (Laseron, 1948): synonym of Ovaginella tenisoni (Pritchard, 1900)
• Ovaginella stiria (Cotton, 1949): synonym of Ovaginella tenisoni (Pritchard, 1900)
• Ovaginella whani (Pritchard & Gatliff, 1900): synonym of Balanetta baylii Jousseaume, 1875

References

• Bavay, A., 1920. Sables littoraux de Madagascar. Marginelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 65: 163-168
• Laseron, C. F. (1957). A new classification of the Australian Marginellidae (Mollusca), with a review of species from the Solanderian and Dampierian zoogeographical provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 8 (3): 274–311.
• Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp

External links

• Coovert, G. A.; Coovert, H. K. (1995). Revision of the supraspecific classification of marginelliform gastropods. The Nautilus. 109(2-3): 43-100

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Ovaginella Laseron, 1957. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=465264 on 2021-11-18