Lunella

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

{{About|a genus of gastropods|the form of birth control|Estradiol cypionate/medroxyprogesterone acetate|the Alpine mountain|Punta Lunella}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Lunella granulata 002.jpg

|image_caption = Two shells of Lunella granulata

|taxon = Lunella

|authority = Röding, 1798{{No-gastropod-genus-ref}}

|synonyms_ref =

|synonyms =

  • Lunella (Lunella) Röding, 1798
  • Lunella (Ninella) Gray, 1850
  • Lunella (Subninella) Thiele, 1929
  • Ninella Gray, 1850
  • Subninella Thiele, 1929
  • Turbo (Lunella) Röding, 1798 (rank change)

|type_species = Turbo versicolor

|type_species_authority = Gmelin, 1791

|display_parents= 3

}}

Lunella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.{{WRMS species|203942|Lunella Röding, 1798||10 October 2011}}

The Australian Faunal Directory classifies Lunella as Turbo (Lunella) Röding, 1798 [http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/Turbo_(Lunella)/names Australian Faunal Directory: Turbo (Lunella)]

Species

Species within the genus Lunella include:

  • Lunella cinerea (Born, 1778){{WRMS species|413413|Lunella cinerea (Born, 1778)||20 April 2010}}
  • Lunella coronata (Gmelin, 1791){{WRMS species|216363|Lunella coronata (Gmelin, 1791)||20 April 2010}}
  • Lunella correensis (Récluz, 1853)[http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15859412 Récluz, C. A. (1853). Description de coquilles nouvelles (Genres Turbo, Triton et Mitra). Journal de Conchyliologie. 4: 49-54]
  • Lunella granulata (Gmelin, 1791){{WRMS species|413415|Lunella granulata (Gmelin, 1791)||20 April 2010}}
  • Lunella jungi (Lai, 2006)
  • Lunella moniliformis Röding, 1798
  • Lunella ogasawarana Tomoyulo Nakano, Kyoko Takashashi & Tomowo Ozawa, 2007{{WRMS species|458394|Lunella ogasawarana Tomoyulo Nakano, Kyoko Takashashi & Tomowo Ozawa, 2007||20 April 2010}}
  • Lunella smaragda (Gmelin, 1791){{WRMS species|413416|Lunella smaragdus (Gmelin, 1791)||20 April 2010}}
  • Lunella torquata (Gmelin, 1791){{WRMS species|413411|Lunella (Ninella) torquata (Gmelin, 1791)||20 April 2010}}
  • Lunella undulata (Lightfoot, 1786){{WRMS species|579271 |Lunella (Subninella) undulata (Lightfoot, 1786)||10 October 2011}}
  • Lunella viridicallus (Jousseaume, 1898)

References

{{Reflist}}

  • Thiele, J. (1929-1935). Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde. Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1154 pp
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). {{ISBN|0-915826-22-4}}. XII, 195 pp.
  • Williams, S.T. (2007). Origins and diversification of Indo-West Pacific marine fauna: evolutionary history and biogeography of turban shells (Gastropoda, Turbinidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2007, 92, 573–592