Finella

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Finella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Scaliolidae
Genus: Finella
A. Adams, 1860 [1]
Type species
Finella pupoides A. Adams, 1860
Synonyms
  • Obtortio Hedley, 1899
  • Alabina Dall, 1902
  • Eufenella Kuroda & Habe, 1954
  • Fenella A. Adams, 1864
  • Fesandella Gründel, 1976
  • Truidella Gründel, 1976

Finella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Scaliolidae. [2]

Contents

This genus has been assigned in the course of time to different families by different authors: Rissoidae, Cerithiidae, Dialidae, Obtortionidae, Finellidae and Diastomatidae Morphological and anatomical studies by Winston Ponder in 1994 established that the genera Finella and Scaliola didn't belong in the above-mentioned families and he brought them in a new family Scaliolidae. [3] This was supported in 1982 by Healy through the study of the ultrastructure on the spermatozoa. [4]

Description

The species in this genus contain a small, elongated, conical shell without siphonal canal. The axial to spiral sculpture varies between weak and strong.

Distribution

The snails of this species are common to even abundant in shallow waters of the tropical Indo-West Pacific Ocean.

Species

Species within the genus Finella include:

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References

  1. Adams A. (1860). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3)6: 336.
  2. Finella Adams, 1860 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 11 April 2012.
  3. Ponder W. F. "The anatomy and relationships of Finella and Scaliola (Caenogastropoda, Cerithoidea, Scaliolidae)". pp. 215-241. In: Morton B. (ed.) The Malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China III. Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on the Malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China; Hong Kong, 13 April - 1 May 1992 xxii + 504 p.; Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong
  4. Healy J. M. (1982). "Ultrastructure of paraspermatozoa, euspermatozoa and eusperm-like spermatozoa of Obtortio cf. fulva (Prosobranchia, Cerithiacea)". Helgölander wiss. Meeresunters35: 485-500.
  5. Finella adamsi (Dall, 1889) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 May 2010.
  6. Finella dubia (d’Orbigny, 1840) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 May 2010.
  7. WoRMS (2010). Fenella (sic!) geayi Lamy, 1910. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216934 on 2011-06-26
  8. Rosenberg, G. (2010). Finella longinqua (Haas, 1949). 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=532842 on 2011-06-26
  9. Rosenberg, G. (2010). Finella portoricana (Dall & Simpson, 1901). 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=532843 on 2011-06-26
  10. Finella pupoides Adams A., 1860 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 May 2010.