Semiricinula Explained

Semiricinula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Rapaninae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Species

Species within the genus Semiricinula include:

• Semiricinula bozzettii Houart & Héros, 2013
• Semiricinula fusca Küster, 1862
• Semiricinula hadrolineae (Houart, 1996)
• Semiricinula konkanensis (Melvill, 1893)
• Semiricinula muricina (Blainville, 1832)
• Semiricinula muricoides (Blainville, 1832)
• Semiricinula squamigera (Deshayes, 1832)
• Semiricinula squamosa (Pease, 1868)
• Semiricinula tissoti (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)
• Semiricinula tongasoa Bozzetti, 2018
• Semiricinula turbinoides (Blainville, 1832)

Species brought into synonymy

• Semiricinula chrysostoma (Deshayes, 1844): synonym of Morula chrysostoma (Deshayes, 1844)
• Semiricinula marginatra (Blainville, 1832): synonym of Neothais marginatra (Blainville, 1832)
• Semiricinula nodosa (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) : synonym of Orania nodosa (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)

References

• Claremont M., Vermeij G.J., Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2013) Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 91–102.

External links

• Martens, E. von. (1879). Übersicht der von W. Peters von 1843 bis 1847 in Mossambique gesammelten Mollusca. Monatsberichte der königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1879(7): 727-749.
• Iredale, T. (1918). Molluscan nomenclatural problems and solutions.- No. 1. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 13(1-2): 28-40