Protoginella
Protoginella caledonica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Volutoidea
Family: Marginellidae
Subfamily: Austroginellinae
Genus: Protoginella
Laseron, 1957
Type species
Marginella lavigata Brazier, 1877

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

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Protoginella :[2]

  • Protoginella atkinsoni (May, 1922)
  • Protoginella bellensis (Beu, 1970)
  • Protoginella bembix P. A. Maxwell, 1988
  • Protoginella caledonica Boyer, 2001[3]
  • Protoginella cenodoxa P. A. Maxwell, 1992
  • Protoginella conica (G. F. Harris, 1897)
  • Protoginella corpulenta (May, 1922)
  • Protoginella laseroni Boyer, 2001[4]
  • Protoginella lavigata (Brazier, 1877)
  • Protoginella maestratii Boyer, 2002[5]
  • Protoginella micula (Tate, 1878)
  • Protoginella opoitia (Marwick, 1965)
  • Protoginella praetera Laseron, 1957
  • Protoginella reborai T. Cossignani, 2011
  • Protoginella turbiniformis (Bavay, 1917)
  • Protoginella wentworthii (Tate, 1877)
  • Protoginella whitecliffensis (Marwick, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Protoginella geminata (Hedley, 1912): synonym of Alaginella geminata (Hedley, 1912)
  • Protoginella labinensis P. A. Maxwell, 1988: synonym of † Alaginella labinensis (P. A. Maxwell, 1988)
  • Protoginella parvisinus P. A. Maxwell, 1992: synonym of † Alaginella parvisinus (P. A. Maxwell, 1992)
  • Protoginella valida (R. B. Watson, 1886): synonym of Alaginella valida (R. B. Watson, 1886)
  • Protoginella weedingi (Cotton, 1944): synonym of Alaginella geminata (Hedley, 1912)

References

  • Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp.


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