Toxiclionella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]
| Toxiclionella | |
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| Toxiclionella haliplex | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | Toxiclionella Powell, 1966 |
| Type species | |
| Clavatula tumida G.B. Sowerby II, 1870
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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 edit
Species within the genus Toxiclionella include:
- Toxiclionella haliplex (Bartsch, 1915)[4]
- Toxiclionella impages (Adams & Reeve, 1848)[5]
- Toxiclionella tumida (Sowerby II, 1870)[6]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Toxiclionella elstoni (Barnard, 1962):[7] synonym of Caliendrula elstoni (Barnard, 1962)
References edit
- ^ Toxiclionella Powell, 1966. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Powell, A. W. B. 1966. The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae. Bull. Auckl. Inst. Mus. 5: 1-184, pis. 1-23.
- ^ Toxiclionella haliplex (Bartsch, 1915). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
- ^ Toxiclionella impages (Adams & Reeve, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
- ^ Toxiclionella tumida (Sowerby II, 1870). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
- ^ Toxiclionella elstoni (Barnard, 1962). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
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