Closia
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| Shell of Closia convergens (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Volutoidea |
| Family: | Marginellidae |
| Genus: | Closia Gray, 1857 |
| Type species | |
| Marginella sarda Kiener, 1834
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Closia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pruninae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]
Species[edit]
Species within the genus Closia include:
- † Closia cenchridium Le Renard & van Nieulande, 1985 [2]
- † Closia chevallieri Le Renard & van Nieulande, 1985 [2]
- † Closia convergens Le Renard & van Nieulande, 1985 [2]
- Closia giadae Cossignani, 2001[3]
- † Closia inadspecta Le Renard & van Nieulande, 1985 [2]
- Closia limpida Bozzetti, 1992
- Closia majuscula (Martens, 1877)
- Closia princeps (G.B. Sowerby III, 1901)
- † Closia pseudampulla Le Renard & van Nieulande, 1985 [2]
- Closia sarda (Kiener, 1834)
- Species brought into synonymy
- † Closia aucklandica Dell, 1950 : synonym of † Archierato aucklandica (Dell, 1950) (original combination)
- Closia lilacina (G.B. Sowerby II, 1846): synonym of Bullata lilacina (G.B. Sowerby II, 1846)
- Closia manceli Jousseaume, 1875: synonym of Cystiscus manceli (Jousseaume, 1875)
- Closia maoria Powell, 1937: synonym of Ovaginella maoria (Powell, 1937)
References[edit]
- ^ Closia Gray, 1857. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 September 2010.
- ^ a b c d e J. Le Renard & F.A.D. van Nieulande in: Mededelingen van de Werkgroep voor Tertiaire en Kwartaire Geologie, vol 22 (1985) nr. 1 p. 3-69
- ^ Closia giadae Cossignani, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp.
- Bozzetti L. (2013) Note on the genus Closia Gray, 1857 (Marginellidae, Marginellinae). Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 78: 13–17.
External links[edit]
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- Revision of the supraspecific classification of marginelliform gastropods; The Nautilus v.109 p. 43-110
- J. Le Renard & F.A.D. van Nieulande, Mededelingen van de Werkgroep voor Tertiaire en Kwartaire Geologie, vol 22 (1985) nr. 1 p. 3-69
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