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Dunkeria

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Pyramidellidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Pyramidelloidea

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Cingulina, Turbonilla, Chrysallida, Odostomia, Pyramidellidae

Dunkeria is a rather eccentric genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. This genus does not contain any specified species within it, only synonyms.

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Distribution

This genus occurs in the following locations:

  • United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone

    • Species

    This species of gastropods does not contain any official species within it, only synonyms of other species within the Pyramidellidae family.


    The following species were brought into synonymy:

  • Dunkeria jeffreysii (Forbes & Hanley, 1850) accepted as Turbonilla jeffreysii (Forbes & Hanley, 1850)
  • Dunkeria scalariformis de Folin, 1877 accepted as Papuliscala praelonga (Jeffreys, 1877)

    • References

    Dunkeria Wikipedia
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