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Balanetta

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Marginellidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Muricoidea

Subfamily
  
Marginellinae

Similar
  
Glabella, Volvarina, Bullata, Marginellidae, Marginella

Balanetta is a genus of small, often colorful, sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the taxonomic family of the margin shells (Marginellidae).

Species

  • Balanetta amydrozona (Melvill, 1906)
  • Balanetta baylii Jousseaume, 1875
  • Balanetta cylichnella (May, 1917)
  • Balanetta pisum (Reeve, 1865)
    • Species brought into synonymy 
  • Balanetta decaryi Bavay, 1920 : synonym of Ovaginella decaryi (Bavay, 1920)
  • Balanetta ovulum (G.B. Sowerby, 1846): synonym of Ovaginella ovulum (G.B. Sowerby, 1846)

    • References

    Balanetta Wikipedia
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