Murchisonella

Murchisonella
Shell of Murchisonella africana (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Infraclass:	Mesoneura
Superfamily:	Murchisonelloidea
Family:	Murchisonellidae
Genus:	Murchisonella Mörch, 1875
Type species
Murchisonia spectrum Mörch, 1875
Synonyms
BermudaclisBartsch, 1947 LaseronellaWhitley, 1959 MurchisoniaMörch, 1875 MurchisoniellaP. Fischer, 1885 (unjustified emendation of Murchisonella) PandorellaLaseron, 1951 (invalid: junior homonym of PandorellaConrad, 1863; Laseronella is a replacement name)

Murchisonella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Murchisonellinae of the family Murchisonellidae, the pyrams and their allies. ^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Murchisonella include: ^[1]

• Murchisonella africana Peñas & Rolán, 2013
• Murchisonella anabathron (Hedley, 1906)
• Murchisonella angolensis Peñas & Rolán, 2013
• Murchisonella aqabaensis (Bandel, 2005)
• Murchisonella arabica Bandel, 2005
• † Murchisonella bezanconi (Cossmann, 1892)
• Murchisonella cebuana Bandel, 2005
• Murchisonella columna (Hedley, 1907)
• Murchisonella curvistriata Peñas & Rolán, 2013
• Murchisonella declivita (Laseron, 1951)
• Murchisonella densistriata (Nomura, 1936)
• Murchisonella dubia Peñas & Rolán, 2013
• Murchisonella evermanni (Baker, Hanna & Strong, 1928)
• Murchisonella galapagensis Peñas & Rolán, 2013
• Murchisonella hatienensis (Saurin, 1962)
• Murchisonella latisulcata Peñas & Rolán, 2013
• Murchisonella mediterranea Peñas & Rolán, 2013
• Murchisonella modesta Peñas & Rolán, 2013
• Murchisonella modestissima Peñas & Rolán, 2013
• Murchisonella occidentalis (Hemphill, 1894)
• Murchisonella saotomensis Peñas & Rolán, 2013
• Murchisonella spectrum (Mörch, 1875)
• Murchisonella subangulata (Laseron, 1959)
• Murchisonella ultima Rolán, Fernández-Garcés & Rubio, 2013

Species brought into synonymy

• Murchisonella gittenbergeri(De Jong & Coomans, 1988): synonym of Aclis gittenbergeri (De Jong & Coomans, 1988)

References

1. Vinarski, Maxim (2025). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Murchisonella Mörch, 1875". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 30 July 2025.

• Peñas, A.; Rolán, E. (2013). Revision of the genera Murchisonella and Pseudoaclisina (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Murchisonellidae). Vita Malacologica. 11: 15-64
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 180–213.

External links

• Bartsch, P. (1947). A monograph of the West Atlantic mollusks of the family Aclididae. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 106 (20): 1-29, 6 pls
• Laseron, C. F. (1951). The New South Wales Pyramidellidae and the genus Mathilda. Records of the Australian Museum. 22 (4): 298–334
• World Register of Marine Species