Semiricinula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Rapaninae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
| Semiricinula | |
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| Semiricinula squamosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Rapaninae |
| Genus: | Semiricinula Martens, 1903 |
| Type species | |
| Purpura turbinoides Blainville, 1832 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Species
Species within the genus Semiricinula include:
- Semiricinula bozzettii Houart & Héros, 2013
- Semiricinula fusca Küster, 1862[2]
- Semiricinula hadrolineae (Houart, 1996)[3]
- Semiricinula konkanensis (Melvill, 1893)[4]
- Semiricinula muricina (Blainville, 1832)
- Semiricinula muricoides (Blainville, 1832)[5]
- Semiricinula squamigera (Deshayes, 1832)
- Semiricinula squamosa (Pease, 1868)[6]
- Semiricinula tissoti (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)
- Semiricinula tongasoa Bozzetti, 2018[7]
- Semiricinula turbinoides (Blainville, 1832)[8]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Semiricinula chrysostoma (Deshayes, 1844): synonym of Morula chrysostoma (Deshayes, 1844)[9]
- Semiricinula marginatra (Blainville, 1832): synonym of Neothais marginatra (Blainville, 1832)[10]
- Semiricinula nodosa (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) : synonym of Orania nodosa (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)
References
- Claremont M., Vermeij G.J., Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2013) Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 91–102.
External links
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- Martens, E. von. (1879). Übersicht der von W. Peters von 1843 bis 1847 in Mossambique gesammelten Mollusca. Monatsberichte der königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1879(7): 727-749.
- Iredale, T. (1918). Molluscan nomenclatural problems and solutions.- No. 1. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 13(1-2): 28-40