Seminella

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|image_caption = Shell of Seminella comistea (specimen at MNHN, Paris)

|taxon = Seminella

|authority = Mörch, 1852 Mörch, O.A.L. (1852) Catalogus Conchyliorum quae Reliquit D’Alphonso d’Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Terth Eques. Vol. 1. L. Klein, Hafniae, 74 pp.

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|synonyms = Columbella (Seminella) Pease, 1868

|type_species = Cythara varia Pease, 1860

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Seminella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.{{WRMS species|206248|Seminella ||22 June 2012}}

Description

The shells in this genus are small. They contain axial ribs and a fine spiral sculpture. The denticles are inside the outer lip.

Species

Species within the genus Seminella include:

Seminella biconica K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
Seminella comistea (Melvill, 1906)
Seminella corrugata K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
Seminella infirmisculpta K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2018
Seminella makemoensis K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2015
Seminella peasei (Martens & Langkavel, 1871)
Seminella roseotincta (Hervier, 1899)
Seminella virginea (Gould, 1860)

References

External links

[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6658970 Pease, W.H. (1868). Notes on the remarks of Dr. P. P. Carpenter (published in Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865), on certain species of marine Gastropoda, named by W. Harper Pease. American Journal of Conchology. 3(3): 231-234]
[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42256639 Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1997). Report on a collection of Columbellidae (Mollusca, Gastopoda) from the west Indian Ocean region (Madagascar, Glorieuses Islands, Comores Islands, and nearby banks and coral shawls) with descriptions of three new species and one new genus. Apex. 12 (1): 31-42]

Category:Columbellidae