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Genus of gastropods

Amathina
Lateral view of a shell of Amathina tricarinata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subcohort: Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Amathinidae
Genus: Amathina
Gray, 1842
Type species
Patella tricarinata Linnaeus, 1767

Amathina is a genus of small sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Amathinidae.

Amathina is the type genus of the family Amathinidae.

Species

Species within the genus Amathina include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Amathina angustata Souverbie, 1875: synonym of Amathina tricarinata (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Amathina imbricata G. B. Sowerby III, 1889: synonym of Hipponicidae incertae sedis imbricata G. B. Sowerby III, 1889 (not Amathina, but rather Hipponicidae)
  • Amathina nobilis A. Adams, 1867: synonym of Trichamathina nobilis (A. Adams, 1867)
  • Amathina tricostata (Gmelin, 1790): synonym of Amathina tricarinata (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Amathina trigona G. B. Sowerby II, 1870: synonym of Amathina bicarinata Pease, 1861
  • Amathina violacea (Angas, 1867): synonym of Capulus violaceus Angas, 1867
  • Amathina violaceus (Angas, 1867): synonym of Amathina violacea (Angas, 1867): synonym of Capulus violaceus Angas, 1867 (incorrect gender ending)

References

  1. Gray (1842). Syn. cont. Brit. Mus., ed. 44: 63.
  2. WoRMS (2010). Amathina Gray, 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=181104 on 2011-03-15
  3. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  4. Gofas, S. (2010). Amathina tricarinata (Linnaeus, 1767). 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=181105 on 2011-03-15
  5. WoRMS (2010). Amathina tricostata (Gmelin, 1790). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215181 on 2011-03-15

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Taxon identifiers
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