Mucronalia is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Eulimidae.[1]

Mucronalia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Mucronalia
A. Adams, 1860
Type species
Mucronalia bicincta A. Adams, 1860

This genus was first described in 1860 by Arthur Adams in his paper, "On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan".[2]

These sea snails are thought to be parasitic on ophiuroids (brittle stars).[3]

Species

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Species within the genera Mucronalia include:[4]

Taxon inquirendum
  • Mucronalia interrupta (A. Adams, 1864)
Nomen nudum
  • Mucronalia tumida Pease MS, Tryon, 1886
Species brought into synonymy

References

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  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Mucronalia A. Adams, 1860". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  2. ^ Adams, Arthur (1860). "On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan". Annals and Magazine of Natural History: 301.
  3. ^ Waren, Anders (1980). "Revision of the Genera Thyca, Stilifer, Scalenostoma, Mucronalia and Echineulima (Mollusca, Prosobranchia, Eulimidae)". Zoologica Scripta. 9: 187. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1980.tb00663.x.
  4. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Mucronalia A. Adams, 1860". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 15 August 2013.