Finella
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Scaliolidae |
| Genus: | Finella A. Adams, 1860[1] |
| Type species | |
| Finella pupoides A. Adams, 1860 | |
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Finella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Scaliolidae.[2]
This genus has been assigned in the course of time to different families by different authors: Rissoidae, Cerithiidae, Dialidae, Obtortionidae, Finellidae and Diastomatidae Morphological and anatomical studies by Winston Ponder in 1994 established that the genera Finella and Scaliola didn't belong in the above-mentioned families and he brought them in a new family Scaliolidae.[3] This was supported in 1982 by Healy through the study of the ultrastructure on the spermatozoa.[4]
Description[edit]
The species in this genus contain a small, elongated, conical shell without siphonal canal. The axial to spiral sculpture varies between weak and strong.
Distribution[edit]
The snails of this species are common to even abundant in shallow waters of the tropical Indo-West Pacific Ocean.
Species[edit]
Species within the genus Finella include:
- Finella adamsi (Dall, 1889)[5]
- Finella barbarensis (Bartsch, 1911)
- Finella californica (Dall & Bartsch, 1901)
- Finella dubia (d'Orbigny, 1840)[6]
- Finella geayi Lamy, 1910[7]
- Finella hamlini (Bartsch, 1911)
- Finella io (Bartsch, 1911)
- Finella longinqua (Haas, 1949)[8]
- Finella phanea (Bartsch, 1911)
- Finella portoricana (Dall & Simpson, 1901)[9]
- Finella pupoides Adams A., 1860[10]
- Finella tenuisculpta (Carpenter, 1864)
References[edit]
- ^ Adams A. (1860). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3)6: 336.
- ^ Finella Adams, 1860. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2012.
- ^ Ponder W. F. "The anatomy and relationships of Finella and Scaliola (Caenogastropoda, Cerithoidea, Scaliolidae)". pp. 215-241. In: Morton B. (ed.) The Malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China III. Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on the Malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China; Hong Kong, 13 April - 1 May 1992 xxii + 504 p.; Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong
- ^ Healy J. M. (1982). "Ultrastructure of paraspermatozoa, euspermatozoa and eusperm-like spermatozoa of Obtortio cf. fulva (Prosobranchia, Cerithiacea)". Helgölander wiss. Meeresunters 35: 485-500.
- ^ Finella adamsi (Dall, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
- ^ Finella dubia (d’Orbigny, 1840). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
- ^ WoRMS (2010). Fenella (sic!) geayi Lamy, 1910. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216934 on 2011-06-26
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2010). Finella longinqua (Haas, 1949). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532842 on 2011-06-26
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2010). Finella portoricana (Dall & Simpson, 1901). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532843 on 2011-06-26
- ^ Finella pupoides Adams A., 1860. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
- Ponder W.F. 1994. The anatomy and relationships of Finella and Scaliola (Caenogastropoda: Cerithioidea: Scaliolidae). In: Morton B. (ed.) The malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China III, pp. 215–241, Hong Kong University Press
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
- Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
External links[edit]
- Hasegawa K. (1998). "A review of recent Japanese species previously assigned to Eufenella and Clathrofenella (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cerithioidea)". Memoirs of the National Science Museum (Tokyo) 31: 165-186. PDF.