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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Seguenziidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Seguenzioidea

Subfamily
  
Seguenziinae

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Quinnia is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Seguenziidae.

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Quinnia is a replacement name for Seguenziella Marshall, 1983

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Description

The shape of the shell is conical. It has a peripheral carina and sharp, collabral axial riblets. There is no microsculpture. All whorls possess midwhorl angulation. Spiral lirae are present on some whorls. The shallow posterior sinus has a V-shape. The anterolateral sinus froms a channel. The basal sinus is present. There is no columellar sinus. The aperture has a rhomboidal shape. The columellar tooth is present. There is no umbilical septum.

Radula: the rachidian tooth is higher than broad and has lateral wings reduced or absent. The lateral tooth cusp is narrow. There are less than 10 marginal tooth pairs.

Species

Species within the genus Quinnia include:

  • Quinnia cazioti (Dautzenberg, 1925)
  • Quinnia ionica (Watson, 1878)
  • Quinnia laetifica Marshall, 1991
  • Quinnia limatula Marshall, 1991
  • Quinnia patula (Marshall, 1983)
  • Quinnia polita (Verco, 1906)
  • Quinnia rushi (Dall, 1927)
  • Quinnia sykesi (Schepman, 1909)
  • References

    Quinnia Wikipedia