Semiricinula

Semiricinula
Semiricinula squamosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Rapaninae
Genus:	Semiricinula Martens, 1903
Type species
Purpura turbinoides Blainville, 1832
Synonyms
Purpura (Semiricinula) E. von Martens, 1879 (original rank) Ricinula (Semiricinula) E. von Martens, 1879 Thais (Semiricinula) E. von Martens, 1879

Semiricinula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Rapaninae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Semiricinula include:

• Semiricinula bozzettii Houart & Héros, 2013
• Semiricinula fusca Küster, 1862[2]
• Semiricinula hadrolineae (Houart, 1996)[3]
• Semiricinula konkanensis (Melvill, 1893)[4]
• Semiricinula muricina (Blainville, 1832)
• Semiricinula muricoides (Blainville, 1832)[5]
• Semiricinula squamigera (Deshayes, 1832)
• Semiricinula squamosa (Pease, 1868)[6]
• Semiricinula tissoti (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)
• Semiricinula tongasoa Bozzetti, 2018[7]
• Semiricinula turbinoides (Blainville, 1832)[8]

Species brought into synonymy

• Semiricinula chrysostoma (Deshayes, 1844): synonym of Morula chrysostoma (Deshayes, 1844)[9]
• Semiricinula marginatra (Blainville, 1832): synonym of Neothais marginatra (Blainville, 1832)[10]
• Semiricinula nodosa (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) : synonym of Orania nodosa (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)

References

1. Semiricinula Martens, 1903. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 December 2010.
2. Semiricinula fusca Küster, 1862. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
3. Semiricinula hadrolineae (Houart, 1996). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
4. Semiricinula konkanensis (Melvill, 1893). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
5. Semiricinula muricoides (Blainville, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
6. Semiricinula squamosa (Pease, 1868). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
7. Semiricinula tongasoa Bozzetti, 2018. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 November 2020.
8. Semiricinula turbinoides (Blainville, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
9. Semiricinula chrysostoma (Deshayes, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
10. Semiricinula marginatra (Blainville, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

• Claremont M., Vermeij G.J., Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2013) Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 91–102.

External links

• Martens, E. von. (1879). Übersicht der von W. Peters von 1843 bis 1847 in Mossambique gesammelten Mollusca. Monatsberichte der königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1879(7): 727-749.
• Iredale, T. (1918). Molluscan nomenclatural problems and solutions.- No. 1. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 13(1-2): 28-40