Finella
{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
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| taxon = Finella
| authority = A. Adams, 1860Adams A. (1860). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3)6: 336.
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- Obtortio Hedley, 1899
- Alabina Dall, 1902
- Eufenella Kuroda & Habe, 1954
- Fenella A. Adams, 1864
- Fesandella Gründel, 1976
- Truidella Gründel, 1976
| type_species = Finella pupoides A. Adams, 1860
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{{distinguish|Fenella (disambiguation)}}
Finella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Scaliolidae.{{WRMS species|138264|Finella Adams, 1860||11 April 2012}}
This genus has been assigned in the course of time to different families by different authors: Rissoidae, Cerithiidae, Dialidae, Obtortionidae, Finellidae and Diastomatidae Morphological and anatomical studies by Winston Ponder in 1994 established that the genera Finella and Scaliola didn't belong in the above-mentioned families and he brought them in a new family Scaliolidae.Ponder W. F. "The anatomy and relationships of Finella and Scaliola (Caenogastropoda, Cerithoidea, Scaliolidae)". pp. 215-241. In: Morton B. (ed.) The Malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China III. Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on the Malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China; Hong Kong, 13 April - 1 May 1992 xxii + 504 p.; Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong This was supported in 1982 by Healy through the study of the ultrastructure on the spermatozoa.Healy J. M. (1982). "Ultrastructure of paraspermatozoa, euspermatozoa and eusperm-like spermatozoa of Obtortio cf. fulva (Prosobranchia, Cerithiacea)". Helgölander wiss. Meeresunters 35: 485-500.
Description
The species in this genus contain a small, elongated, conical shell without siphonal canal. The axial to spiral sculpture varies between weak and strong.
Distribution
The snails of this species are common to even abundant in shallow waters of the tropical Indo-West Pacific Ocean.
Species
Species within the genus Finella include:
- Finella adamsi (Dall, 1889){{WRMS species|419537|Finella adamsi (Dall, 1889)||17 May 2010}}
- Finella barbarensis (Bartsch, 1911)
- Finella californica (Dall & Bartsch, 1901)
- Finella dubia (d'Orbigny, 1840){{WRMS species|419538|Finella dubia (d’Orbigny, 1840)||17 May 2010}}
- Finella geayi Lamy, 1910WoRMS (2010). Fenella (sic!) geayi Lamy, 1910. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216934 on 2011-06-26
- Finella hamlini (Bartsch, 1911)
- Finella io (Bartsch, 1911)
- Finella longinqua (Haas, 1949)Rosenberg, G. (2010). Finella longinqua (Haas, 1949). 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=532842 on 2011-06-26
- Finella phanea (Bartsch, 1911)
- Finella portoricana (Dall & Simpson, 1901)Rosenberg, G. (2010). Finella portoricana (Dall & Simpson, 1901). 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=532843 on 2011-06-26
- Finella pupoides Adams A., 1860{{WRMS species|140595|Finella pupoides Adams A., 1860||17 May 2010}}
- Finella tenuisculpta (Carpenter, 1864)
References
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- Ponder W.F. 1994. The anatomy and relationships of Finella and Scaliola (Caenogastropoda: Cerithioidea: Scaliolidae). In: Morton B. (ed.) The malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China III, pp. 215–241, Hong Kong University Press
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
- Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
External links
- Hasegawa K. (1998). "A review of recent Japanese species previously assigned to Eufenella and Clathrofenella (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cerithioidea)". Memoirs of the National Science Museum (Tokyo) 31: 165-186. [http://ci.nii.ac.jp/lognavi?name=nels&lang=en&type=pdf&id=ART0006482027 PDF].
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