Gelagna

Gelagna
shell of Gelagna succincta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Ranellidae
Subfamily: Cymatiinae
Genus: Gelagna
Schaufuss, 1869[1]
Type species
Triton clandestinum Lamarck, 1816
Synonyms[2]
  • Lagena Mørch, 1853
  • Linatella (Gelagna) Schaufuss, 1869
  • Paralagena Dall, 1904

Gelagna is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Gelagna include:

References

  1. ↑ Schaufuss (1869). Moll. Syst. Cat. Paetel, 3.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gelagna Schaufuss, 1869. WoRMS (2010). Gelagna Schauffus, 1869. 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=463517 on 7 November 2010.
  3. ↑ Gelagna pallida (Parth, 1996).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
  4. ↑ Gelagna succincta (Linnaeus, 1771).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.

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