Seminella

Seminella
Shell of Seminella comistea (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Seminella Mörch, 1852
Type species
Cythara varia Pease, 1860
Synonyms
Columbella (Seminella) Pease, 1868

Seminella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.

Description

The shells in this genus are small. They contain axial ribs and a fine spiral sculpture. The denticles are inside the outer lip.

Species

Species within the genus Seminella include:

• Seminella biconica K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
• Seminella comistea (Melvill, 1906)
• Seminella corrugata K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
• Seminella infirmisculpta K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2018
• Seminella makemoensis K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2015
• Seminella peasei (Martens & Langkavel, 1871)
• Seminella roseotincta (Hervier, 1899)
• Seminella virginea (Gould, 1860)

References

External links

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• Pease, W.H. (1868). Notes on the remarks of Dr. P. P. Carpenter (published in Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865), on certain species of marine Gastropoda, named by W. Harper Pease. American Journal of Conchology. 3(3): 231-234
• Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1997). Report on a collection of Columbellidae (Mollusca, Gastopoda) from the west Indian Ocean region (Madagascar, Glorieuses Islands, Comores Islands, and nearby banks and coral shawls) with descriptions of three new species and one new genus. Apex. 12 (1): 31-42

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