Protoginella

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

Protoginella
Protoginella caledonica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Volutoidea
Family: Marginellidae
Subfamily: Austroginellinae
Genus: Protoginella
Laseron, 1957
Type species
Marginella lavigata Brazier, 1877

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Protoginella :[2]

  • † Protoginella atkinsoni (May, 1922)
  • † Protoginella bellensis (Beu, 1970)
  • † Protoginella bembix P. A. Maxwell, 1988
  • Protoginella caledonica Boyer, 2001[3]
  • † Protoginella cenodoxa P. A. Maxwell, 1992
  • † Protoginella conica (G. F. Harris, 1897)
  • † Protoginella corpulenta (May, 1922)
  • Protoginella laseroni Boyer, 2001[4]
  • Protoginella lavigata (Brazier, 1877)
  • Protoginella maestratii Boyer, 2002[5]
  • † Protoginella micula (Tate, 1878)
  • † Protoginella opoitia (Marwick, 1965)
  • Protoginella praetera Laseron, 1957
  • Protoginella reborai T. Cossignani, 2011
  • Protoginella turbiniformis (Bavay, 1917)
  • † Protoginella wentworthii (Tate, 1877)
  • † Protoginella whitecliffensis (Marwick, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Protoginella geminata (Hedley, 1912): synonym of Alaginella geminata (Hedley, 1912)
  • † Protoginella labinensis P. A. Maxwell, 1988: synonym of † Alaginella labinensis (P. A. Maxwell, 1988)
  • † Protoginella parvisinus P. A. Maxwell, 1992: synonym of † Alaginella parvisinus (P. A. Maxwell, 1992)
  • Protoginella valida (R. B. Watson, 1886): synonym of Alaginella valida (R. B. Watson, 1886)
  • Protoginella weedingi (Cotton, 1944): synonym of Alaginella geminata (Hedley, 1912)

References
  1. Protoginella Laseron, 1957. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  2. WoRMS : Protoginella
  3. Protoginella caledonica Boyer, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  4. Protoginella laseroni Boyer, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  5. Protoginella maestratii Boyer, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp.
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