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Pirenella

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Pirenella
Pirenella cingulata (Gmelin, 1791)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Potamididae
Genus: Pirenella
Gray, 1847
Type species
Pirenella mammillata Gray, 1847
Synonyms[1]
  • Cerithidea (Cerithideopsilla) Thiele, 1929 (original rank)
  • Cerithidea (Pirenella) Gray, 1847
  • Cerithideopsilla Thiele, 1929
  • Cerithium (Pirenella) Gray, 1847
  • Djeddilia Jousseaume, 1894
  • Potamides (Pirenella)

Pirenella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Potamididae.[1]

Species

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Species within the genus Pirenella include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Pirenella boswellae (Barnard, 1963): synonym of Pseudovertagus clava (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Pirenella cailliaudi (Potiez & Michaud, 1838): synonym of Pirenella conica (Blainville, 1829)
  • Pirenella insculpta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865): synonym of Zeacumantus plumbeus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1855)
  • Pirenella layardii (A. Adams, 1854): synonym of Pirenella conica (Blainville, 1829)
  • Pirenella mammillata (Gray, 1847): synonym of Pirenella conica (Blainville, 1829)

References

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  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2016). Pirenella Gray, 1847. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206423 on 2016-03-29
  • Lozouet P. (1986). Redéfinition des genres Potamides et Pirenella (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia) à partir des espèces actuelles et fossiles. Implications phylétiques et biogéographiques.. Annales de Paléontologie 72: 163-210
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