Merelina
Encyclopedia
Merelina is a genus
of minute sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks or micromollusk
s in the family
Rissoidae
.
Species brought into synonymy:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of minute sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
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 mollusks or micromollusk
Micromollusk
A micromollusk is a descriptive term for a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine mollusks, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater mollusks also reach adult size at very small...
s in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Rissoidae
Rissoidae
Rissoidae is a large family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha.-Distribution and habitat:...
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Species
Species within the genus Merelina include:- Merelina cancellata Criscione & Ponder, 2011
- Merelina cheilostoma (Tenison Woods, 1877)
- Merelina cochleata Powell, 1927
- Merelina compacta Powell, 1937
- Merelina coronata (Powell, 1926)
- Merelina crassissima Powell, 1937
- Merelina crispulata Powell, 1937
- Merelina crossaeformis (Powell, 1926)
- Merelina elegans (Angas, 1877)
- Merelina foliata (Suter, 1908)
- Merelina gracilis (Angas, 1877)
- Merelina harrisonae Powell, 1939
- Merelina hirta Criscione & Ponder, 2011
- Merelina lacunosa (Powell, 1926)
- Merelina lordhowensis Criscione & Ponder, 2011
- Merelina lyalliana (Suter, 1898)
- Merelina manawatawhia Powell, 1937
- Merelina maoriana Powell, 1939
- Merelina norfolkensis Criscione & Ponder, 2011
- Merelina pagodiformis (G.B. Sowerby III, 1914)
- Merelina pauereques Powell, 1937
- Merelina petronella (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
- Merelina pisinna (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
- Merelina plaga Finlay, 1926
- Merelina queenslandica Laseron, 1956
- Merelina rubiginosa Ponder, 1967
- Merelina superba Powell, 1927
- Merelina taupoensis Powell, 1939
- Merelina tricarinata Powell, 1937
- Merelina waitangiensis Powell, 1933
Species brought into synonymy:
- Merelina corruga Laseron, 1956 : synonym of Manzonia corruga (Laseron, 1956)
- Merelina crassula Rehder, 1980 : synonym of Manzonia crassula (Rehder, 1980)
- Merelina cyrta Cotton, 1944 : synonym of Alvania hedleyi Thiele, 1930
- Merelina eminens Laseron, 1950 : synonym of Alvania fasciata (Tenison Woods, 1876)
- Merelina goliath Laseron, 1956 : synonym of Iravadia quadrasi (Boettger, 1893)
- Merelina granulosa (Pease, 1862) accepted as Manzonia granulosa (Pease, 1862)
- Merelina hewa Kay, 1979 : synonym of Manzonia hewa (Kay, 1979)
- Merelina hians Laseron, 1957 : synonym of Clatrosansonia minuta (Hornung & Mermod, 1928)
- Merelina humera Laseron, 1956 : synonym of Iravadia quadrasi (Boettger, 1893)
- Merelina longinqua Rehder, 1980 : synonym of Manzonia longinqua (Rehder, 1980)
- Merelina reversa Laseron, 1956 : synonym of Iravadia quadrasi (Boettger, 1893)
- Merelina sculptilis May, 1920 : synonym of Alvania sculptilisAlvania sculptilisAlvania sculptilis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae....
(May, 1920) - Merelina solida Laseron, 1956 : synonym of Iravadia mahimensis (Melvill, 1893)
- Merelina subreticulata Laseron, 1950 : synonym of Alvania suprasculpta (May, 1915)
- Merelina sucina Laseron, 1956 a: synonym of Iravadia mahimensis (Melvill, 1893)
- Merelina tokyoensis (Pilsbry, 1904) : synonym of Manzonia tokyoensis (Pilsbry, 1904)
- Merelina wanawana Kay, 1979 : synonym of Manzonia wanawana (Kay, 1979)