Marshallena

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

Marshallena
Original image of a shell of Marshallena nierstraszi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Marshallenidae
Genus: Marshallena
Allan, 1926
Type species
† Daphnella neozelanica Suter, 1917
Species

See text

Synonyms

Sugitanitoma Kuroda, 1959

R.S. Allen (1927) didn't specify a type species for this genus. H.J. Finlay (1927) selected Belophos incertus Marshall, 1919, which was amended by Powell (1966 + 1969) to † Daphnella neozelanica Suter, 1917[2]

Before 2018 this genus used to belong to the family Horaiclavidae.

Species

Species within the genus Marshallena include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • † Marshallena austrotomoides Powell, 1931: synonym of † Zeatoma austrotomoides (Powell, 1931)[7]
  • † Marshallena carinaria Powell, 1935: synonym of † Gymnobela carinaria (Powell, 1935)[8]
  • Marshallena gracilispira Powell, 1969: synonym of Benthomangelia gracilispira (Powell, 1969)

References
  1. Marshallena Finlay, 1926. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  2. Beu, A. G., et al. "Request for rulings on works on New Zealand Mollusca by RS Allan and HJ Finlay." Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 26.1 (1969): 42-50.
  3. Vella, Paul. "Tertiary Mollusca from south-east Wairarapa." Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Vol. 81. No. 4. 1954.
  4. Marshallena diomedea Powell, 1969. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  5. Marshallena nierstraszi (Schepman, 1913). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  6. Marshallena philippinarum (Watson, 1882). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  7. Fleming, Charles Alexander. "New Zealand tertiary species of the deep-sea genus Galeoocorys Kuroda and Habe (Gastropoda)." New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 9.4 (1966): 428-438.
  8. Powell, A. W. B. "Tertiary Mollusca from Motutara, West Coast, Auckland." Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 1.6 (1935): 327-340.
  • Allen, 1927, Trans. N.Z. Inst. 57:291
  • Cernohorsky, Walter O. "Taxonomic notes on some deep-water Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Malagasy Republic." Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum (1987): 123-134.
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1966. The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae, an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with list of characteristic species. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 5: 1-184, pls 1-23
  • Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.


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