Toxiclionella

<i>Toxiclionella</i>

Toxiclionella

Genus of gastropods


Toxiclionella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]

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The species in this genus were split off from the genus Clavatula by Powell in 1966 because of the toxoglossate dentition in the radula of the type species Clavatula tumida.[3]

Species

Species within the genus Toxiclionella include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Toxiclionella Powell, 1966. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  2. P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev & N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
  3. Powell, A. W. B. 1966. The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae. Bull. Auckl. Inst. Mus. 5: 1-184, pis. 1-23.



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