Spiralinella
| Spiralinella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia informal group Lower Heterobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Pyramidelloidea |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Subfamily: | Chrysallidinae |
| Genus: | Spiralinella Chaster, 1901 |
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Spiralinella is a genus of very small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks, or micromollusks. This genus is currently placed in the subfamily Chrysallidinae of the family Odostomiidae.
Nomenclature
Both this genus and its type species have had a very complicated synonymy. The status of the generic name Spiralinella in contrast to the names Partulida and Spiralina was clarified by Corgan (1973), and the nomenclatorical problems around the type species were discussed by van Aartsen & Gianuzzi-Savelli (1991).
Life habits
Little is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As is true of most members of the Pyramidellidae sensu lato, they are most likely to be ectoparasites.
Species
Species within the genus Menestho include:
- Spiralinella spiralis (Montagu, 1803) (Type species) (as Turbo spiralis) valid name is Spiralinella pellucida (Dillwyn, 1817)
References
- Chaster, G. W. (1898). "A report on the Mollusca (excluding the Cephalopoda and Nudibranchiata) obtained by the Royal Irish Academy cruises of 1885, 1886, and 1888.". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 5: 1–33.
- Corgan, J. X.. (1973). "The names Partulida Schaufuss, 1869 and Spiralinella Chaster, 1901 (Gastropoda: Pyramidellacea)". Journal of Conchology 28: 9–10.
- van Aartsen, J. J. & Gianuzzi-Savelli, R. (1991). "New names for well-known European Marine Mollusca". Bolettino Malacologico 27 (1-4): 1–8.
