Murdochella
Genus of gastropods
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Murdochella is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropods in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps, the purple snails, and their allies. [1]
| Murdochella | |
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| Shell of Murdochella macrina (holotype at the Australian Myseum) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Superfamily: | Epitonioidea |
| Family: | Epitoniidae |
| Genus: | Murdochella Finlay, 1927 |
| Type species | |
| Scala levifoliata Murdoch & Suter, 1906 | |
| Species | |
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Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Murdochella:
- Murdochella alacer Finlay, 1927
- Murdochella antarctica Dell, 1990
- Murdochella crispata Kilburn, 1985
- Murdochella levifoliata (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
- Murdochella lobata Kilburn, 1985
- Murdochella macrina Iredale, 1936
- Murdochella tricingulata Campagnari & Geiger, 2018
- Murdochella turritelliformis L. G. Brown, 2019
Former species
- Murdochella magellanica (Philippi, 1845): synonym of Cirsotrema magellanicum (R. A. Philippi, 1845)
- Murdochella superlata Finlay, 1930 - synonymized with Papuliscala superlata (Finlay, 1930)
- Murdochella tertia Finlay, 1930 - synonymized with Murdochella alacer Finlay, 1927
