Nesiocina

Nesiocina
Shell of Nesiocina abdoui (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neritimorpha
Order:	Cycloneritida
Superfamily:	Helicinoidea
Family:	Helicinidae
Genus:	Nesiocina Richling & Bouchet, 2013
Type species
Helicina discoidea Pease, 1868
Synonyms
Discoidea A. J. Wagner, 1905 (invalid: junior homonym of Discoidea Agassiz, 1834 [Echinodermata]; Nesiocina is a replacement name)

Nesiocina is a genus of tropical land snails with an operculum. It is a genus of terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicininae of the family Helicinidae.[1]

Species

• Nesiocina abdoui Richling & Bouchet, 2013
• Nesiocina discoidea (Pease, 1868)
• Nesiocina gambierensis Richling & Bouchet, 2013
• Nesiocina grohi Richling & Bouchet, 2013
• Nesiocina mangarevae Richling & Bouchet, 2013
• Nesiocina parvula (Pease, 1868)
• Nesiocina pauciplicata Richling & Bouchet, 2013
• Nesiocina pazi (Crosse, 1865)
• Nesiocina solidula (G. B. Sowerby I, 1839)
• Nesiocina superoperculata Richling & Bouchet, 2013
• Nesiocina trilamellata Richling & Bouchet, 2013
• Nesiocina unilamellata Richling & Bouchet, 2013
• Nesiocina villosa (Anton, 1838)

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Nesiocina Richling & Bouchet, 2013. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=856315 on 2021-09-30

External links

• Media related to Nesiocina at Wikimedia Commons
• Richling I. & Bouchet P. (2013). Extinct even before scientific recognition: a remarkable radiation of helicinid snails (Helicinidae) on the Gambier Islands, French Polynesia. Biodiversity and Conservation. 22: 2433-2468