Amathina

Amathina
Lateral view of a shell of Amathina tricarinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subcohort:	Panpulmonata
Superfamily:	Pyramidelloidea
Family:	Amathinidae
Genus:	Amathina Gray, 1842 [1]
Type species
Patella tricarinataLinnaeus, 1767

Amathina is a genus of small sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Amathinidae. ^[2]

Amathina is the type genus of the family Amathinidae. ^[3]

Species

Species within the genus Amathina include:

• Amathina oyamai Masuda & H. Noda, 1976
• Amathina tricarinata (Linnaeus, 1767) ^[4]

Species brought into synonymy

• Amathina angustataSouverbie, 1875: synonym of Amathina tricarinata(Linnaeus, 1767)
• Amathina bicarinataPease, 1861: synonym of Trichamathina bicarinata (Pease, 1861) (superseded combination)
• Amathina imbricataG. B. Sowerby III, 1889: synonym of Hipponicidae incertae sedis imbricataG. B. Sowerby III, 1889 (not Amathina, but rather Hipponicidae)
• Amathina nobilisA. Adams, 1867: synonym of Trichamathina nobilis(A. Adams, 1867)
• Amathina tricostata(Gmelin, 1790): ^[5] synonym of Amathina tricarinata(Linnaeus, 1767)
• Amathina trigonaG. B. Sowerby II, 1870: synonym of Amathina bicarinataPease, 1861
• Amathina violacea(Angas, 1867): synonym of Capulus violaceus Angas, 1867
• Amathina violaceus(Angas, 1867): synonym of Amathina violacea(Angas, 1867): synonym of Capulus violaceus Angas, 1867 (incorrect gender ending)

References

1. Gray (1842). Syn. cont. Brit. Mus., ed. 44: 63.
2. WoRMS (2010). Amathina Gray, 1842. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181104 on 2011-03-15
3. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia . 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN   3-925919-72-4. ISSN   0076-2997.
4. Gofas, S. (2010). Amathina tricarinata (Linnaeus, 1767). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181105 on 2011-03-15
5. WoRMS (2010). Amathina tricostata(Gmelin, 1790). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215181 on 2011-03-15

External links

• Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Archived 2021-12-23 at the Wayback Machine