Merelina

Merelina
Shell of Merelina lacunosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Lironobidae
Genus:	Merelina Iredale, 1915
Type species
Merelina cheilostoma (Tenison Woods, 1877)
Synonyms
Merelina (Mereliniopsis) Ponder, 1967 Merelina (Promerelina) A. W. B. Powell, 1926 · Mereliniopsis Ponder, 1967 Promerelina Powell, 1926

Merelina is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Lironobidae.

Species

Species within the genus Merelina include:

Species brought into synonymy

• Merelina corruga Laseron, 1956 : synonym of Manzonia corruga (Laseron, 1956)
• Merelina crassula Rehder, 1980 : synonym of Manzonia crassula (Rehder, 1980)
• Merelina cyrta Cotton, 1944 : synonym of Alvania hedleyi Thiele, 1930
• Merelina eminens Laseron, 1950 : synonym of Alvania fasciata (Tenison Woods, 1876)
• Merelina goliath Laseron, 1956 : synonym of Iravadia quadrasi (Boettger, 1893)
• Merelina granulosa (Pease, 1862) accepted as Manzonia granulosa (Pease, 1862)
• Merelina hewa Kay, 1979 : synonym of Manzonia hewa (Kay, 1979)
• Merelina hians Laseron, 1957 : synonym of Sansoniella minuta (Hornung & Mermod, 1927)
• Merelina humera Laseron, 1956 : synonym of Iravadia quadrasi (Boettger, 1893)
• Merelina longinqua Rehder, 1980 : synonym of Manzonia longinqua (Rehder, 1980)
• Merelina reversa Laseron, 1956 : synonym of Iravadia quadrasi (Boettger, 1893)
• Merelina sculptilis May, 1920 : synonym of Alvania sculptilis (May, 1920)
• Merelina solida Laseron, 1956 : synonym of Iravadia mahimensis (Melvill, 1893)
• Merelina subreticulata Laseron, 1950 : synonym of Alvania suprasculpta (May, 1915)
• Merelina sucina Laseron, 1956 a: synonym of Iravadia mahimensis (Melvill, 1893)
• Merelina tokyoensis (Pilsbry, 1904) : synonym of Manzonia tokyoensis (Pilsbry, 1904)
• Merelina wanawana Kay, 1979 : synonym of Manzonia wanawana (Kay, 1979)

References

• Ponder W. F. (1985). A review of the Genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum supplement 4: 1-221
• Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
• Criscione F. & Ponder W.F. (2011) A review of the Recent Australian species of Merelina Iredale, 1915 (Caenogastropoda: Rissoidae). Molluscan Research 31(2): 65–84. abstract