Bonellia (gastropod)

Bonellia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
Superfamily:
Eulimoidea
Family:
Eulimidae
Genus:
Bonellia

Deshayes, 1838
Type species
† Bulimus terebellatus Lamarck, 1804

Bonellia is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae.[1]

This genus has become a synonym of Niso Risso, 1826

Not to be confounded with Bonellia Rolando, 1822, a genus of worms in the family Bonelliidae of which it is a junior homonym.

Species

Species brought into synonymy
  • Bonellia brunnea (Sowerby I, 1834): synonym of Niso brunnea (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
  • Bonellia imbricata (Sowerby I, 1834): synonym of Niso imbricata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
  • Bonellia interrupta (Sowerby I, 1834): synonym of Niso interrupta (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
  • Bonellia splendidula (Sowerby I, 1834): synonym of Niso splendidula (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)

References

  1. ^ WoRMS (2014). Bonellia Deshayes, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565621 on 2014-12-17


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