Smithena is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae; the dove snails.[1]
Smithena | |
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Shell of Smithena altispira (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
Family: | Columbellidae |
Genus: | Smithena Boyer, Pelorce & Gori, 2022 |
Type species | |
Pleurotoma (Defrancia) trifilosa E. A. Smith, 1882 |
Species
editSpecies within the genus Smithena include:
- Smithena alfredensis (Bartsch, 1915)
- Smithena altispira (Bozzetti, 2008)
- Smithena omanensis Perugia, 2023
- Smithena retiaria (Tomlin, 1931)
- Smithena trifilosa (E. A. Smith, 1882)
References
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- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Smithena Boyer, Pelorce & Gori, 2022. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1606828 on 22 September 2023
- Boyer, F., Pelorce, J. & Gori, S. (2022). Révision des Columbellidae de l'île de Masirah, Oman. Partie 1 : genres Smithena gen. nov., Anachis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853, Zafra A. Adams, 1860 et Parvanachis Radwin, 1968. Novapex. 23(3): 87–110.