Carinaria
Genus of gastropods
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Carinaria is a genus of medium-sized floating sea snails, pelagic gastropod molluscs in the family Carinariidae.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Carinariidae |
| Genus: | Carinaria Lamarck, 1801 [1] |
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Anatomy
The cylindrical and elongate body consists of three parts : a short proboscis, a well-developed trunk and tail region of variable size. The size of this tail goes from very small in Carinaria galea to very large in Carinaria cristata. The well-developed swimming fin is located in both sexes at the back of the trunk and has at its back margin a small fin sucker. The right tentacle is small or vestigial. The cuticle is thick and gelatinous.[2] The shells are known as “Venus slippers.”
Species
The World Register of Marine Species includes the following species within the genus Carinaria:[1]
- Carinaria cithara Benson, 1835 – harp carinaria
- Carinaria cristata (Linnaeus, 1767) – Indo-Pacific
- Carinaria galea Benson, 1835 – helmet carinaria; Indo-Pacific
- Carinaria japonica Okutani, 1955 – Japan, North Pacific
- Carinaria lamarckii Blainville, 1817
- Carinaria pseudorugosa Vayssière, 1904
- Species brought into synonymy:
- Carinaria atlantica Adams & Reeve, 1850: synonym of Carinaria lamarckii Blainville, 1817
- Carinaria australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833: synonym of Carinaria lamarckii Blainville, 1817
- Carinaria challengeri Bonnevie, 1920: synonym of Carinaria pseudorugosa Vayssière, 1904
- Carinaria grimaldii Vayssière, 1904: synonym of Carinaria lamarckii Blainville, 1817
- Carinaria lamarcki Péron & Lesueur, 1810: synonym of Carinaria lamarckii Blainville, 1817
- Carinaria mediterranea Blainville, 1825: synonym of Carinaria lamarckii Blainville, 1817
- Carinaria punctata d'Orbigny, 1836: synonym of Carinaria lamarckii Blainville, 1817
