Graciliclava

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

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| image = Graciliclava costata 002.jpg

| image_caption = Shell of Graciliclava costata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)

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| taxon = Graciliclava

| authority = Shuto, 1983Shuto (1983). Memoirs Fac. Sci. Kyushu Univ. (Geol.) 25(1): 11.

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| type_species = Graciliclava mackayensis

| type_species_authority = Shuto, 1983

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| subdivision = See text

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Graciliclava is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Horaiclavidae.Bouchet, P. (2015). Graciliclava. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432467 on 2016-12-17

It was previously included within the subfamily Crassispirinae, family Turridae. Killburn in 1994 was of the opinion that Graciliclava was closely related to and possibly a subgenus of Anacithara Kilburn, R.N. (1994) Turridae (s.l.) (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 7. Subfamily

Crassispirinae, section 2. Annals of the Natal Museum, 35, 177–228.[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Antonio_Bonfitto/publication/263226297_Two_new_Horaiclavus_Horaiclavidae_Conoidea_species_from_the_Indo-Pacific_region/links/54fd89cb0cf20700c5ebd76f.pdf Bonfitto, Antonio, and Mauro Morassi. "Two new Horaiclavus (Horaiclavidae, Conoidea) species from the Indo-Pacific region." Zootaxa 3821.1 (2014): 146-150.]

Species

Species within the genus Graciliclava include:

  • Graciliclava costata (Hedley, 1922){{WRMS species|433919|Graciliclava costatus (Hedley, 1922)||15 April 2010}}

;Species brought into synonymy:

  • Graciliclava mackayensis Shuto, 1983: synonym of Graciliclava costata (Hedley, 1922)

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