Mancinella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Mancinella
Mancinella armigera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Mancinella
Link, 1807
Type species
Murex mancinella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms

Thais (Mancinella) Link, 1807

Species

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Species within the genus Mancinella include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Mancinella aculeata Link, 1807: synonym of Mancinella alouina (Röding, 1798)
  • Mancinella bufo (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Purpura bufo Lamarck, 1822
  • Mancinella deltoidea (Lamarck, 1822):[2] synonym of Vasula deltoidea (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Mancinella hippocastanum (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Thalessa virgata (Dillwyn, 1817)
  • Mancinella kieneri [sic]: synonym of Mancinella kienerii (Deshayes, 1844): synonym of Reishia bitubercularis (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Mancinella kienerii (Deshayes, 1844): synonym of Reishia bitubercularis (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Mancinella mancinella (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Mancinella alouina (Röding, 1798)
  • Mancinella mutabilis Link, 1807: synonym of Indothais lacera (Born, 1778)
  • Mancinella squamosa (Pease, 1868): synonym of Semiricinula squamosa (Pease, 1868)
  • Mancinella tuberosa (Röding, 1798): synonym of Menathais tuberosa (Röding, 1798)

References

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  1. ^ Mancinella Link, 1807. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  2. ^ Mancinella deltoidea (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Claremont M., Vermeij G.J., Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2013) Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 91–102.
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