Mucronalia

Mucronalia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Eulimidae
Genus:	Mucronalia; A. Adams, 1860
Type species
	Mucronalia bicincta A. Adams, 1860;
Synonyms
	Eulima (Mucronalia) A. Adams, 1860 superseded rank; Leiostraca (Mucronalia) A. Adams, 1860 superseded rank; Mucronella A. W. Ivanov, 1973 (misspelling of Mucronalia);

Mucronalia is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Eulimidae.

This genus was first described in 1860 by Arthur Adams in his paper, "On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan".

These sea snails are thought to be parasitic on ophiuroids (brittle stars).

Species

Species within the genera Mucronalia include:

Mucronalia alba Takano, Ha. Tanaka & Kano, 2019
Mucronalia bicincta A. Adams, 1860 (Type taxon)
Mucronalia bizonula Melvill, 1906
Mucronalia bulimuloides Dall, 1927
Mucronalia exilis A. Adams, 1862
Mucronalia exquisita G. B. Sowerby III, 1915
Mucronalia involuta Carpenter, 1865
Mucronalia lepida Melvill, 1906
Mucronalia mammillata Dall, 1927
Mucronalia oxytenes Melvill, 1904
Mucronalia pinguicula Ortega & Gofas, 2019
† Mucronalia propinqua (Cossmann, 1888)
Mucronalia rosea Pease, 1860
Mucronalia ryukyuensis Takano, Kubo & Oguchi, 2022
Mucronalia trilineata Warén, 1980

Taxon inquirendum

Mucronalia interrupta (A. Adams, 1864)

Nomen nudum

Mucronalia tumida ^{Pease MS, Tryon, 1886}

Species brought into synonymy

Mucronalia aethria Melvill, 1918: synonym of Melanella aethria (Melvill, 1918)
Mucronalia angulata Mandahl-Barth, 1949: synonym of Scalaribalcis angulata (Mandahl-Barth, 1949)
Mucronalia birtsi Preston, 1904: synonym of Stilifer birtsi (Preston, 1904)
Mucronalia capillastericola Minichev, 1970: synonym of Goodingia capillastericola (Minichev, 1970)
Mucronalia cylindrica G. B. Sowerby III, 1900: synonym of Hypermastus cylindricus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1900)
Mucronalia eburnea Schepman & Nierstrasz, 1909: synonym of Stilapex eburnea (Schepman & Nierstrasz, 1909)
Mucronalia epibathra Melvill, 1906: synonym of Mumiola epibathra Melvill, 1906 (misapplication)
Mucronalia gigas Kuroda & Habe, 1950: synonym of Melanella teinostoma (A. Adams, 1854)
Mucronalia gracilis Pease, 1867: synonym of Peasistilifer gracilis (Pease, 1867)
Mucronalia lactea A. Adams, 1864: synonym of Hypermastus lacteus (A. Adams, 1864)
Mucronalia leucophaes Tomlin & Schackleford, 1913: synonym of Echineulima leucophaes (Tomlin & Shackleford, 1913)
Mucronalia nidorum Pilsbry, 1956: synonym of Sabinella troglodytes (Thiele, 1925)
Mucronalia nitidula Pease, 1860: synonym of Peasistilifer nitidula (Pease, 1860)
Mucronalia ophiuraphila Habe, 1974: synonym of Goodingia ophiuraphila (Habe, 1974)
Mucronalia ovata Pease, 1861: synonym of Echineulima ovata (Pease, 1861)
Mucronalia palmipedis Koehler & Vaney, 1913: synonym of Apicalia palmipedis (Koehler & Vaney, 1913)
Mucronalia philippinarum G. B. Sowerby III, 1900: synonym of Echineulima philippinarum (G. B. Sowerby III, 1900)
Mucronalia suava Dall, 1927: synonym of Mucronalia mammillata Dall, 1927
Mucronalia subula A. Adams, 1864: synonym of Hypermastus subula (A. Adams, 1864)
Mucronalia variabilis Schepman, 1913: synonym of Melanella variabilis (Schepman & Nierstrasz, 1914) (original combination)
Mucronalia varicosa Schepman, 1909: synonym of Goodingia varicosa (Schepman, 1909)
Mucronalia xanthias Watson, 1886: synonym of Pelycidion xanthias (Watson, 1888)

References

↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Mucronalia A. Adams, 1860". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
↑ Adams, Arthur (1860). "On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan". Annals and Magazine of Natural History: 301.
↑ Waren, Anders (1980). "Revision of the Genera Thyca, Stilifer, Scalenostoma, Mucronalia and Echineulima (Mollusca, Prosobranchia, Eulimidae)". Zoologica Scripta. 9: 187. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1980.tb00663.x.
↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Mucronalia A. Adams, 1860". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 7 October 2026.

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[1] "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Mucronalia A. Adams, 1860". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 15 August 2013.

[2] Adams, Arthur (1860). "On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan". Annals and Magazine of Natural History: 301.

[3] Waren, Anders (1980). "Revision of the Genera Thyca, Stilifer, Scalenostoma, Mucronalia and Echineulima (Mollusca, Prosobranchia, Eulimidae)". Zoologica Scripta. 9: 187. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1980.tb00663.x.

[4] "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Mucronalia A. Adams, 1860". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 7 October 2026.