Chemnitzia

Chemnitzia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Chemnitzia
d'Orbigny,1839

Chemnitzia is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1]

According to the online database WoRMS, as of December 2011, some (but not all) of the species in this genus have been synonymized into the genus Turbonilla. The genus Chemnitzia itself and the subgenus Turbonilla (Chemnitzia) d'Orbigny, 1839 have been recognized as a synonym of Turbonilla.

Species [1] [2]

Species brought into synonymy: [3] [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Bouchet, P. (2011). Chemnitzia d'Orbigny, 1839. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=545275 on 2011-12-31
  2. ^ Paleobiology Database : Chemnitzia
  3. ^ Philip P. Carpenter, Catalogue of the Reigen Collection of Mazatlan Mollusca, 1860