Closia
Genus of gastropods
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Closia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pruninae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]
| Closia | |
|---|---|
| Shell of Closia convergens (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Volutoidea |
| Family: | Marginellidae |
| Subfamily: | Marginellinae |
| Genus: | Closia Gray, 1857 |
| Type species | |
| Marginella sarda Kiener, 1834 | |
Species
Species within the genus Closia include:
- † Closia cenchridium Le Renard & van Nieulande, 1985 [2]
- † Closia chevallieri Le Renard & van Nieulande, 1985 [2]
- † Closia convergens Le Renard & van Nieulande, 1985 [2]
- Closia giadae Cossignani, 2001[3]
- † Closia inadspecta Le Renard & van Nieulande, 1985 [2]
- Closia limpida Bozzetti, 1992
- Closia majuscula (Martens, 1877)
- Closia princeps (G.B. Sowerby III, 1901)
- † Closia pseudampulla Le Renard & van Nieulande, 1985 [2]
- Closia sarda (Kiener, 1834)
- Species brought into synonymy
- † Closia aucklandica Dell, 1950 : synonym of † Archierato aucklandica (Dell, 1950) (original combination)
- Closia lilacina (G.B. Sowerby II, 1846): synonym of Bullata lilacina (G.B. Sowerby II, 1846)
- Closia manceli Jousseaume, 1875: synonym of Cystiscus manceli (Jousseaume, 1875)
- Closia maoria Powell, 1937: synonym of Ovaginella maoria (Powell, 1937)