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Folinella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Clade
  
Euthyneura

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Clade
  
Heterobranchia

Clade
  
Panpulmonata

Similar
  
Ondina, Parthenina, Oscilla

Folinella is a genus of minute sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Pyramidellidae within the tribe Chrysallidini.

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Description

The whorls of the teleoconch are sculptured similarly throughout. The axial ribs are rounded. The spiral markings consist of two tumid ridges, one at the periphery and one at the summit of the whorls; with many striations on the base. .

Species

  • Folinella excavata (Phillippi, 1836)
  • Folinella ghisottii van Aartsen, 1984
  • Folinella holthuisi van Aartsen, Gittenberger E. & Goud, 1998
  • Folinella moolenbeeki van Aartsen, Gittenberger E. & Goud, 1998
  • Folinella quinquecincta (Carpenter, 1856)
  • Folinella robertsoni (Altena, 1975)
    • Species brought into synonymy
  • Folinella navisa (Dall & Bartsch, 1907): synonym of Chrysallida navisa (Dall & Bartsch, 1907)

    • References

    Folinella Wikipedia
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