Quinnia

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Quinnia
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Drawing with three views of a shell of Quinnia sykesi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Seguenziidae
Subfamily: Seguenziinae
Genus: Quinnia
Marshall, 1988
Type species
Seguenziella patula
B. A. Marshall, 1983
Synonyms [1]
  • SeguenziellaMarshall, 1983

Quinnia is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the subfamily Seguenziinae of the family Seguenziidae. [1]

Contents

Quinnia is a replacement name for SeguenziellaMarshall, 1983, a junior homonym of SeguenziellaNeviani, 1901. [1]

Description

The shape of the shell is conical. It has a peripheral carina and sharp, collabral axial riblets. There is no microsculpture. All whorls possess midwhorl angulation. Spiral lirae are present on some whorls. The shallow posterior sinus has a V-shape. The anterolateral sinus forms a channel. The basal sinus is present. There is no columellar sinus. The aperture has a rhomboidal shape. The columellar tooth is present. There is no umbilical septum.

Radula: the rachidian tooth is higher than broad and has lateral wings reduced or absent. The lateral tooth cusp is narrow. There are less than 10 marginal tooth pairs. [2]

Species

Species within the genus Quinnia include:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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.). "Quinnia B. A. Marshall, 1988". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  2. ↑ Quinn, James F. Jr. (1991). "Systematic position of Basilissopsis and Guttula, and a discussion of the phylogeny of the Seguenzioidea (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)". Bulletin of Marine Science. 49 (1–2): 575–598.

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