Smaragdinella Explained

Smaragdinella is a genus of medium-sized sea snails or bubble snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod molluscs in the family Haminoeidae, the haminoea bubble snails, part of the clade Cephalaspidea, the headshield slugs and bubble snails.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Smaragdinella include:

• Smaragdinella calyculata (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
• Smaragdinella fragilis Bozzetti, 2008
• Smaragdinella kirsteueri Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1970
• Smaragdinella sieboldi A. Adams, 1864

Species brought into synonymy:

• Smaragdinella algirae (A. Adams in G. B. Sowerby II, 1850): synonym of Melanochlamys algirae (A. Adams in G. B. Sowerby II, 1850)
• Smaragdinella andersoni (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1871): synonym of Smaragdinella sieboldi A. Adams, 1864
• Smaragdinella canaliculata (Broderip & G.B. Sowerby I, 1829): synonym of Smaragdinella calyculata (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
• Smaragdinella thecaphora Carpenter, 1857: synonym of Julia thecaphora (Carpenter, 1857)
• Smaragdinella viridis (Rang in Quoy & Gaimard, 1832): synonym of Smaragdinella calyculata (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)

References

• Rudman, W. B. (1972). The herbivorous opisthobranch genera Phanerophthalmus A. Adams and Smaragdinella A. Adams. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 40: 189-210

External links

• Adams A. 1850. Monograph of the family Bullidae. In: G.B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus Conchyliorum, vol. 2: 553-608, pl. 119-125
• Adams, A. & Reeve, L. A. (1848-1850). Mollusca. In A. Adams (ed.), The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., during the years 1843-1846. Reeve & Benham, London, x + 87 pp., 24 pls.
• Gray, J. E. (1850). (text). In: Gray, M. E., Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London. Vol. 4, iv + 219 pp.
• Oskars T.R., Too C.C., Rees D., Mikkelsen P.M., Willassen E. & Malaquias M.A.E. (2019). A molecular phylogeny of the gastropod family Haminoeidae sensu lato (Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea): a generic revision. Invertebrate Systematics. 33: 426-472.

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Smaragdinella A. Adams, 1848. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138055 on 2016-07-13