Sundaya

Sundaya
Shell of Sundaya soubzmaignei (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: incertae sedis
Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Cerithiopsidae
Genus: Sundaya
W. R. B. Oliver, 1915
Type species
Sundaya exquisita W. R. B. Oliver, 1915

Sundaya is a genus of sea snails in the family Cerithiopsidae.

Characteristics

(Original description) The shell is pupoid in shape, with an obtuse apex and gently convex sides. The protoconch is minute, consisting of a single whorl. The body whorl contracts anteriorly into a nearly straight siphonal canal and is ornamented with nodulose spiral ribs.

Species

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Sundaya W. R. B. Oliver, 1915. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=592041 on 2021-07-04
  2. ↑ Oliver, W. R. B. (1915). The Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 47: 509-568 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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