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Lamellariinae

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Lamellariinae
Shell of Coriocella nigra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Velutinoidea
Family: Velutinidae
Subfamily: Lamellariinae
Orbigny, 1841
Synonyms[1]
  • Coriocellidae Troschel, 1848
  • Lamellariidae d'Orbigny, 1841 (original rank)
  • Marseniidae Leach, 1847
  • Pseudosacculinae Kuroda, 1933
  • Sacculidae Thiele, 1929 (invalid: type genus a junior homonym)

Lamellariinae is a subfamily of small slug-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs belonging to the family Velutinidae, in the order Littorinimorpha.[1]

Description

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Species with internal shell, hidden beneath a papillate mantle with lateral flaps. These flaps are in some genera fused to enclose the shell. The thin shell is smooth and contains two to three whorls of which the body whorl is rapidly expanding into a large aperture. Some species have a thick, hairy periostracum. They resemble dorid nudibranches, but differ by their smooth tentacles and the absence of a dorsal gill circlet.[2]

Most species are carnivores feeding mainly on ascidians, tunicates and cnidarians.

Genera

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Genera in the subfamily Lamellariinae include:

Synonyms
  • Chelinotus Swainson, 1840: synonym of Coriocella Blainville, 1824
  • Chelyonotus Herrmannsen, 1846: synonym of Chelinotus Swainson, 1840: synonym of Coriocella Blainville, 1824 (unjustified emendation)
  • Cryptocella H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853: synonym of Lamellaria Montagu, 1816 (junior objective synonym of Lamellaria)
  • Djiboutia Vayssière, 1912: synonym of Lamellaria Montagu, 1816
  • Marsenia Oken, 1823: synonym of Lamellaria Montagu, 1816
  • Sacculus Hirase, 1927: synonym of Pseudosacculus Hirase, 1928 (non Gosse, 1851)

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Lamellariinae d'Orbigny, 1841. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224918 on 2022-05-26
  2. ^ P.J. Hayward and J.S. Ryland - Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe; Oxford University Press 1995; ISBN 0 19 854054 X
  • Troschel, F. H. (1848). Mollusca, Gastropoda. Pp. 536–568, in: A. F. A. Wiegmann & J. F. Ruthe, Handbuch der Zoologie, ed. 3. Lüderitz, Berlin. iv + 651 pp.

Further reading

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  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • Thiele, J. (1929-1935). Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde. Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1154 pp. Vol. 1 part 1: 1-376
  • Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1–526.
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