Mammilla (gastropod)

Mammilla is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Mammilla
Five views of a shell of Mammilla sebae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Naticoidea
Family:
Naticidae
Genus:
Mammilla

Schumacher, 1817
Synonyms
  • Mamilla (incorrect spelling of generic name)
  • Naticaria Swainson, 1840
  • Ruma Gray, 1847

Species

Species within the genus Mamilla include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Mammilla fasciata Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Mammilla mammata (Röding, 1798)
  • Mammilla plumatilis Iredale, 1936: synonym of Mammilla fibrosa (Gray, 1850)
  • Mammilla propesimiae Iredale, 1929: synonym of Mammilla simiae (Deshayes, 1838)
Further investigation needed

References
  1. Mammilla Schumacher, 1817 . WoRMS (2009). Mammilla. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=568304 on 12 July 2012 .
  2. Mammilla melanostoma (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2010.
  3. Mammilla simiae (Deshayes, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2010.
  • Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls.


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