Murdochella

Murdochella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda informal group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily:	Epitonioidea
Family:	Nystiellidae
Genus:	Murdochella Finlay, 1927
Species
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Murdochella is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropods in the family Nystiellidae of the superfamily Epitonioidea, the wentletraps, the purple snails, and their allies. ^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Murdochella include:

Murdochella alacer Finlay, 1927
Murdochella antarctica Dell, 1990
Murdochella crispata Kilburn, 1985
Murdochella levifoliata (Murdoch & Suter,1906)
Murdochella lobata Kilburn, 1985
Murdochella macrina Iredale, 1936
Murdochella superlata Finlay,1930 : synonym of Papuliscala superlata (Finlay, 1930)
Murdochella tertia Finlay, 1930 : synonym of Murdochella alacer Finlay, 1927

References

^ Bouchet, P. (2010). Murdochella Finlay, 1927. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196952 on 2011-01-23

Marinespecies
[1]
Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp