Vanikoro (gastropod)

Vanikoro
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Vanikoroidea
Family: Vanikoridae
Genus: Vanikoro
Quoy & Gaimard, 1832[1]
Type species
Vanikoro cancellata Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822
Synonyms[2]
  • Korovina Iredale, 1918
  • Leucotis Swainson, 1840 (junior objective synonym of Vanikoro)
  • Merria Gray, 1839
  • Narica d'Orbigny, 1842

Vanikoro is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vanikoridae.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius.

Species

Species within the genus Vanikoro include:

Species brought into synonymy 
Taxon inquerendum

References

  1. Quoy & Gaimard (1833). In: d'Urville, Voy. "Astrolabe", Zool. 2: 239.
  2. 1 2 Vanikoro Quoy & Gaimard, 1832. Vanikoro Quoy & Gaimard, 1832. 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=204656 on 3 July 2012.
  3. Rosenberg, G. (2010). Vanikoro sulcatus (d'Orbigny, 1842). 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=532309 on 2010-12-18

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