Hydroginella

Hydroginella
Shell of Hydroginella angustata (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Volutoidea
Family: Marginellidae
Genus: Hydroginella
Laseron, 1957
Type species
Hydroginella dispersa Laseron, 1957
Synonyms[1]
  • Neptoginella Laseron, 1957
  • Pillarginella Gabriel, 1962

Hydroginella is a genus of marginellid minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Austroginellinae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]

Hydroginella caledonica can parasitize sleeping fishes of the families Scaridae, Serranidae and Pomacentridae at coral reefs in New Caledonia by night. This snail is able to inserts its proboscis in the fish flesh and probably pumps some body fluids.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Hydroginella include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Hydroginella dawnbrinkae Massier, 1993: synonym of Hydroginella agulhasensis Thiele, 1925
  • Hydroginella electrina G. B. Sowerby III, 1892: synonym of Hyalina electrina G. B. Sowerby III, 1892
  • Hydroginella roselineae Cossignani, 2009:[14] synonym of Hydroginella scintilla Jousseaume, 1875
  • Hydroginella tropica Laseron, 1957: synonym of Dentimargo tropicus (Laseron, 1957)
  • Hydroginella tuii Cossignani, 2001:[15] synonym of Serrata tuii T. Cossignani, 2001 (original combination)

References

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  1. ^ a b Hydroginella Laseron, 1957. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. (1989). A marginellid gastropod parasitizes sleeping fishes. Bulletin of marine science, 45(1), 76–84. (abstract)
  3. ^ Hydroginella angustata Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  4. ^ Hydroginella bullata Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  5. ^ Hydroginella galatea Lussi & Smith, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  6. ^ Hydroginella gemella Boyer, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  7. ^ Hydroginella marina Lorenz & Kostin, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  8. ^ Hydroginella musorstomi Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  9. ^ Hydroginella richeri Boyer, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  10. ^ Hydroginella rugosa Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  11. ^ Hydroginella unica Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  12. ^ Hydroginella vitiensis Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  13. ^ Hydroginella wareni Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  14. ^ Hydroginella roselineae Cossignani, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  15. ^ Hydroginella tuii Cossignani, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Laseron C.F. (1957). A new classification of the Australian Marginellidae (Mollusca), with a review of species from the Solanderian and Dampierian zoogeographical provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 8(3): 274–311.
  • Boyer, F., Wakefield, A., McCleery, T., 2003. The genus Hydroginella (Caenogastropoda: Marginellidae) at bathyal levels from the Fiji Islands. Novapex 4(2-3): 67-77
  • Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp.


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