Merelina

Merelina
Shell of Merelina lacunosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Lironobidae
Genus:	Merelina Iredale, 1915
Type species
Merelina cheilostoma (Tenison Woods, 1877)
Synonyms [1]
Merelina (Mereliniopsis)Ponder, 1967 Merelina (Promerelina)A. W. B. Powell, 1926 · MereliniopsisPonder, 1967 PromerelinaPowell, 1926

Merelina is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Lironobidae. ^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Merelina include:

• † Merelina avita Marwick, 1928
• Merelina cancellata Criscione & Ponder, 2011
• Merelina cheilostoma (Tenison Woods, 1877)
• Merelina cochleata Powell, 1927
• Merelina compacta Powell, 1937
• Merelina coronata (Powell, 1926)
• Merelina crassissima Powell, 1937
• Merelina crispulata Powell, 1937
• Merelina crossaeformis (Powell, 1926)
• † Merelina effodita Laws, 1950
• Merelina elegans (Angas, 1877)
• Merelina foliata (Suter, 1908)
• Merelina gracilis (Angas, 1877)
• Merelina harrisonae Powell, 1939
• Merelina hirta Criscione & Ponder, 2011
• † Merelina kaawensis Laws, 1936
• Merelina lacunosa (Powell, 1926)
• Merelina lordhowensis Criscione & Ponder, 2011
• Merelina lyalliana (Suter, 1898)
• Merelina manawatawhia Powell, 1937
• Merelina maoriana Powell, 1939
• Merelina norfolkensis Criscione & Ponder, 2011
• Merelina pagodiformis (G.B. Sowerby III, 1914)
• Merelina pauereques Powell, 1937
• Merelina petronella (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
• Merelina pisinna (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
• Merelina plaga Finlay, 1926
• Merelina queenslandica Laseron, 1956
• Merelina rubiginosa Ponder, 1967
• † Merelina saginata Laws, 1939
• Merelina superba Powell, 1927
• Merelina taupoensis Powell, 1939
• † Merelina telkibana Ladd, 1966
• Merelina tricarinata Powell, 1937
• † Merelina waiotemarama Laws, 1948
• Merelina waitangiensis Powell, 1933

Species brought into synonymy

• Merelina corruga Laseron, 1956 : synonym of Manzonia corruga (Laseron, 1956)
• Merelina crassula Rehder, 1980 : synonym of Manzonia crassula (Rehder, 1980)
• Merelina cyrta Cotton, 1944 : synonym of Alvania hedleyi Thiele, 1930
• Merelina eminens Laseron, 1950 : synonym of Alvania fasciata (Tenison Woods, 1876)
• Merelina goliath Laseron, 1956 : synonym of Iravadia quadrasi (Boettger, 1893)
• Merelina granulosa (Pease, 1862) accepted as Manzonia granulosa (Pease, 1862)
• Merelina hewa Kay, 1979 : synonym of Manzonia hewa (Kay, 1979)
• Merelina hians Laseron, 1957 : synonym of Sansoniella minuta (Hornung & Mermod, 1927)
• Merelina humera Laseron, 1956 : synonym of Iravadia quadrasi (Boettger, 1893)
• Merelina longinqua Rehder, 1980 : synonym of Manzonia longinqua (Rehder, 1980)
• Merelina reversa Laseron, 1956 : synonym of Iravadia quadrasi (Boettger, 1893)
• Merelina sculptilis May, 1920 : synonym of Alvania sculptilis (May, 1920)
• Merelina solida Laseron, 1956 : synonym of Iravadia mahimensis (Melvill, 1893)
• Merelina subreticulata Laseron, 1950 : synonym of Alvania suprasculpta (May, 1915)
• Merelina sucina Laseron, 1956 a: synonym of Iravadia mahimensis (Melvill, 1893)
• Merelina tokyoensis (Pilsbry, 1904) : synonym of Manzonia tokyoensis (Pilsbry, 1904)
• Merelina wanawana Kay, 1979 : synonym of Manzonia wanawana (Kay, 1979)

References

1. Merelina Iredale, 1915 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 4 December 2018.

• Ponder W. F. (1985). A review of the Genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum supplement 4: 1-221
• Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
• Criscione F. & Ponder W.F. (2011) A review of the Recent Australian species of Merelina Iredale, 1915 (Caenogastropoda: Rissoidae). Molluscan Research 31(2): 65–84. abstract