Graciliclava

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Graciliclava
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Shell of Graciliclava costata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Graciliclava
Shuto, 1983 [1]
Type species
Graciliclava mackayensis
Shuto, 1983
Species

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

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It was previously included within the subfamily Crassispirinae, family Turridae. [2] Killburn in 1994 was of the opinion that Graciliclava was closely related to and possibly a subgenus of Anacithara [3] [4]

Species

Species within the genus Graciliclava include:

Species brought into synonymy

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Turrid Common name for many species of snail

Turrid, plural turrids, is a common name for a very large group of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks which until recently were all classified in the family Turridae. However, recently the family was discovered to be polyphyletic and therefore was split into a number of families.

Pseudomelatomidae Family of gastropods

Pseudomelatomidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea and part of the Neogastropoda.

Crassispirinae Subfamily of gastropods

Crassispirinae is a subfamily of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, belonging to the family Turridae, commonly named turrids.

<i>Graciliclava costata</i> Species of gastropod

Graciliclava costata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.

<i>Aoteadrillia</i> Genus of gastropods

Aoteadrillia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Horaiclavidae.

<i>Austrodrillia</i> Genus of gastropods

Austrodrillia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Horaiclavidae.

<i>Ceritoturris</i> Genus of gastropods

Ceritoturris is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Horaiclavidae.

Epideira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Horaiclavidae.

<i>Horaiclavus</i> Genus of gastropods

Horaiclavus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Horaiclavidae.

<i>Pseudexomilus</i> Genus of gastropods

Pseudexomilus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Horaiclavidae.

<i>Vexitomina</i> Genus of gastropods

Vexitomina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Horaiclavidae.

Horaiclavidae Family of gastropods

Horaiclavidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.

<i>Heterocithara</i> Genus of molluscs

Heterocithara is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.

Turridae Family of gastropods

Turridae is a taxonomic family name for a number of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.

<i>Anacithara</i> Genus of gastropods

Anacithara is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Horaiclavidae.

<i>Anacithara nanisca</i> Species of gastropod

Anacithara nanisca is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.

Anacithara undaticosta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Horaiclavidae.

Anguloclavus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Horaiclavidae.

Leiocithara is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.

Austropusilla is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.

References

  1. ↑ Shuto (1983). Memoirs Fac. Sci. Kyushu Univ. (Geol.) 25(1): 11.
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Graciliclava. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432467 on 2016-12-17
  3. ↑ Kilburn, R.N. (1994) Turridae (s.l.) (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 7. Subfamily Crassispirinae, section 2. Annals of the Natal Museum, 35, 177–228.
  4. ↑ Bonfitto, Antonio, and Mauro Morassi. "Two new Horaiclavus (Horaiclavidae, Conoidea) species from the Indo-Pacific region." Zootaxa 3821.1 (2014): 146-150.
  5. ↑ Graciliclava costatus (Hedley, 1922) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 15 April 2010.


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