Sabinella Explained

Sabinella is a genus of very small ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the Eulimidae family. This genus was first described by Monterosato in 1890.^[1]

Species

Species within the genera Sabinella include:^[1]

• Sabinella bonifaciae (F. Nordsieck, 1974)
• Sabinella chathamensis Bartsch, 1917
• Sabinella cysticola Koehler & Vaney, 1925
• Sabinella infrapatula Murdoch & Suter, 1906
• Sabinella meridionalis Bartsch, 1917
• Sabinella munita Hedley, 1903
• Sabinella orbignyanum Hupé, 1860
• Sabinella pachya Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896
• Sabinella schoutanica May, 1916
• Sabinella shaskyi Warén, 1992
• Sabinella troglodytes Thiele, 1925

Species brought into synonymy:

• Sabinella bakeri Bartsch, 1917 : synonym of Pseudosabinella bakeri (Bartsch, 1917)
• Sabinella nidorum (Pilsbry, 1956) : synonym of Sabinella troglodytes (Thiele, 1925)
• *Sabinella piriformis Brugnone, 1873; synonym of Sabinella bonifaciae (F. Nordsieck, 1974)
• Sabinella ptilocrinicola (Bartsch, 1907) : synonym of Crinolamia ptilocrinicola (Bartsch, 1909)

References

• Monterosato T. A. (di) (1890). Conchiglie della profondità del mare di Palermo. Naturalista Siciliano, Palermo, 9(6): 140-151 [1 marzo]; 9(7): 157-166 [1 aprile]; 9(8): 181-191 [1 maggio]
• Laseron, C. 1955. Revision of the New South Wales eulimoid shells. The Australian Zoologist 12(2): 83-107, pls 1-3,

External links

• 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.
• Marine Species Identification Portal

Notes and References

1. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Sabinella Monterosato, 1890 . Marinespecies.org . 16 August 2013.