Kilburniola
Genus of gastropods
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Kilburniola is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Costellariidae.[1]
| Kilburniola | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Kilburniola Fedosov, Bouchet, Dekkers, Gori, S.-I Huang, Kantor, Lemarcis, Marrow, Ratti, Rosenberg, R. Salisbury, Zvonareva & Puillandre, 2025 |
| Type species | |
| Kilburniola sola Fedosov, Bouchet, Dekkers, Gori, S.-I Huang, Kantor, Lemarcis, Marrow, Ratti, Rosenberg, R. Salisbury, Zvonareva & Puillandre, 2025 | |
Etymology
Named after Richard 'Dick' Kilburn, who contributed immensely to the knowledge of gastropod systematics and faunas in the SW Indian Ocean[citation needed]
Species
- Kilburniola aikeni (Lussi, 2015)
- Kilburniola maculosa (H. Turner & Simone, 1998)
- Kilburniola sola Fedosov, Bouchet, Dekkers, Gori, S.-I Huang, Kantor, Lemarcis, Marrow, Ratti, Rosenberg, R. Salisbury, Zvonareva & Puillandre, 2025
Distribution
The species of this genus occur in the south-west Indian Ocean.[citation needed]