Hydroginella

Hydroginella
Shell of Hydroginella angustata (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Volutoidea
Family:	Marginellidae
Genus:	Hydroginella Laseron, 1957
Type species
Hydroginella dispersaLaseron, 1957
Synonyms [1]
NeptoginellaLaseron, 1957 PillarginellaGabriel, 1962

Hydroginella is a genus of marginellid minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Austroginellinae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails. ^[1]

Hydroginella caledonica (Jousseaume, 1876) can parasitize sleeping fishes of the families Scaridae, Serranidae and Pomacentridae at coral reefs in New Caledonia by night. This snail is able to inserts its proboscis in the fish flesh and probably pumps some body fluids. ^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Hydroginella include:

• Hydroginella agulhasensis (Thiele, 1925)
• Hydroginella angustata Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003 ^[3]
• Hydroginella bullata Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003 ^[4]
• Hydroginella caledonica (Jousseaume, 1877)
• Hydroginella chiapponii T. Cossignani & Lorenz, 2021
• Hydroginella columnaria (Hedley & May, 1908)
• Hydroginella cypraeaformis Boyer, 2015
• Hydroginella dedicata Boyer, 2018
• Hydroginella delessertiana (Récluz, 1841)
• Hydroginella dispersa Laseron, 1957
• Hydroginella dufresnei Boyer, 2015
• Hydroginella fascicula (Laseron, 1957)
• Hydroginella galatea Lussi & Smith, 1999 ^[5]
• Hydroginella gemella Boyer, 2001 ^[6]
• Hydroginella guttula (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
• Hydroginella limata (Ma, 1994)
• Hydroginella marina Lorenz & Kostin, 2007 ^[7]
• Hydroginella marionae Boyer, 2015
• Hydroginella mixta (Petterd, 1884)
• Hydroginella musorstomi Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003 ^[8]
• Hydroginella osteri (Jousseaume, 1875)
• Hydroginella richeri Boyer, 2001 ^[9]
• Hydroginella rugosa Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003 ^[10]
• Hydroginella scintilla (Jousseaume, 1875)
• Hydroginella sordida (Reeve, 1865)
• Hydroginella sterbai T. Cossignani & Lorenz, 2021
• Hydroginella superstes (Laseron, 1957)
• Hydroginella tridentata (Tate, 1878)
• Hydroginella unica Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003 ^[11]
• Hydroginella vincentiana (Cotton, 1944)
• Hydroginella vitiensis Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003 ^[12]
• Hydroginella wareni Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003 ^[13]

Species brought into synonymy

• Hydroginella dawnbrinkaeMassier, 1993: synonym of Hydroginella agulhasensis(Thiele, 1925)
• Hydroginella electrina(G. B. Sowerby III, 1892): synonym of Hyalina electrina(G. B. Sowerby III, 1892)
• Hydroginella roselineaeCossignani, 2009: ^[14] synonym of Hydroginella scintilla (Jousseaume, 1875)
• Hydroginella tropicaLaseron, 1957: synonym of Dentimargo tropicus (Laseron, 1957)
• Hydroginella tuiiCossignani, 2001: ^[15] synonym of Serrata tuii (T. Cossignani, 2001) (original combination)

References

1. Hydroginella Laseron, 1957 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.
2. Bouchet, P. (1989). A marginellid gastropod parasitizes sleeping fishes . Bulletin of marine science, 45(1), 76–84. (abstract)
3. Hydroginella angustata Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.
4. Hydroginella bullata Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.
5. Hydroginella galatea Lussi & Smith, 1999 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.
6. Hydroginella gemella Boyer, 2001 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.
7. Hydroginella marina Lorenz & Kostin, 2007 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.
8. Hydroginella musorstomi Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.
9. Hydroginella richeri Boyer, 2001 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.
10. Hydroginella rugosa Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.
11. Hydroginella unica Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.
12. Hydroginella vitiensis Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.
13. Hydroginella wareni Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.
14. Hydroginella roselineae Cossignani, 2009 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.
15. Hydroginella tuii Cossignani, 2001 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.

• Laseron C.F. (1957). A new classification of the Australian Marginellidae (Mollusca), with a review of species from the Solanderian and Dampierian zoogeographical provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 8(3): 274–311.
• Boyer, F., Wakefield, A., McCleery, T., 2003. The genus Hydroginella (Caenogastropoda: Marginellidae) at bathyal levels from the Fiji Islands. Novapex 4(2-3): 67-77
• Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp.