Narona (gastropod)

Narona is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

Narona
Apertural view of shell of Narona exopleura (Dall, 1908)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Cancellarioidea
Family:
Cancellariidae
Genus:
Narona

H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Type genus
Cancellaria mitriformis G.B. Sowerby I, 1832
Synonyms[1]

Panarona Petit, 1975

Species
Narona hirta, Pliocene, Italy

Species within the genus Narona include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Narona coronata (Scacchi, 1835) : synonym of Tribia coronata (Scacchi, 1835)
  • Narona hidalgoi Jousseaume, 1887: synonym of Narona clavatula (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)
  • Narona mitriformis (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832) : synonym of Hertleinia mitriformis (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)

References
  1. Narona H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 March 2011.
  • Petit R.E. (1975) The cancellariid genera Narona H. & A. Adams and Panarona gen. nov. The Veliger 17(4): 387-388


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