Balanetta

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Balanetta
Balanetta baylii (MNHN-IM-2000-1102).jpeg
Shell of Balanetta baylii (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Volutoidea
Family: Marginellidae
Genus: Balanetta
Jousseaume, 1875
Species

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Synonyms

Cancellarioidea Forbes & Hanley, 1851

Balanetta is a genus of small, often colorful, sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the taxonomic family of the margin shells (Marginellidae). [1]

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Species brought into synonymy

Description

Distribution

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References

  1. WoRMS (2010). Balanetta Jousseaume, 1875. 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=465260 on 2010-12-04