Lamellariinae
Encyclopedia
Lamellariinae is a subfamily of small slug
-like sea snail
s, marine
gastropod molluscs belonging to the family Velutinidae
, in the clade
Littorinimorpha
.
Slug
Slug is a common name that is normally applied to any gastropod mollusc that lacks a shell, has a very reduced shell, or has a small internal shell...
-like sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod molluscs belonging to the family Velutinidae
Velutinidae
Velutinidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.- Taxonomy :The following two subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi :* subfamily Velutininae J. E...
, in the clade
Clade
A clade is a group consisting of a species and all its descendants. In the terms of biological systematics, a clade is a single "branch" on the "tree of life". The idea that such a "natural group" of organisms should be grouped together and given a taxonomic name is central to biological...
Littorinimorpha
Littorinimorpha
Littorinimorpha is a large clade of gastropods within Hypsogastropoda consisting primarily of marine species, but also aquatic and terrestrial species as well....
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Genera
Genera in the subfamily Lamellariinae include:- Calyptoconcha Bouchet & Waren, 1993
- LamellariaLamellariaLamellaria is a genus of small slug-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Velutinidae.-Species:Species within the genus Lamellaria include:* Lamellaria cerebroides Hutton, 1883...
Montagu, 1815 - LarocheaLarocheaLarochea is a genus of minute slug-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Velutinidae.-Species:Species within the genus Larochea include:* Larochea miranda Finlay, 1927* Larochea scitula Marshall, 1993...
FinlayHarold John FinlayHarold John Finlay was a New Zealand palaeontologist and conchologist. He was born in Comilla, India , on 22 March 1901....
, 1927 - MarseninaMarseninaMarsenina is a genus of small slug-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Lamellariinae of the family Velutinidae.-Species:Species within the genus Marsenina include: * Marsenina ampla A. E. Verrill, 1880...
J. E. Gray, 1850 - Marseniopsis Bergh, 1886
- MysticonchaMysticonchaMysticoncha is a genus of marine gastropod molluscs in the family Velutinidae.-Species:Species within the genus Mysticoncha include:* Mysticoncha cerebroides Hutton, 1883* Mysticoncha wilsoni...
Allan, 1936 - OnchidiopsisOnchidiopsisOnchidiopsis is a genus of small slug-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Lamellariinae of the family Velutinidae...
Bergh, 1853
Further reading
- Powell A. W. B.Arthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers LtdHarperCollinsHarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1