Closia

Closia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pruninae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]

Closia
Shell of Closia convergens (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Volutoidea
Family: Marginellidae
Genus: Closia
Gray, 1857
Type species
Marginella sarda
Kiener, 1834

Species

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
  1. Closia Gray, 1857. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 September 2010.
  2. 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
  3. 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.


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