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

Toxiclionella
Toxiclionella haliplex
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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

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Species within the genus Toxiclionella include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

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  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.
  4. ^ Toxiclionella haliplex (Bartsch, 1915). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  5. ^ Toxiclionella impages (Adams & Reeve, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  6. ^ Toxiclionella tumida (Sowerby II, 1870). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  7. ^ Toxiclionella elstoni (Barnard, 1962). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.