Balanetta Jousseaume 1875

Balanetta is a genus of small, often colorful, sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the taxonomic family of the margin shells (Marginellidae).^[1]

Species

• Balanetta amydrozona (Melvill, 1906)
• Balanetta baylii Jousseaume, 1875
• Balanetta cylichnella (May, 1917)
• Balanetta pisum (Reeve, 1865)
• Balanetta triptycta Le Renard & van Nieulande, 1985

Species brought into synonymy

• Balanetta baylei Jousseaume, 1875: synonym of Balanetta baylii Jousseaume, 1875 (alternative original spelling; spelling baylii selected by First Reviser choice by Tomlin (1917))
• Balanetta decaryi Bavay, 1920: synonym of Ovaginella decaryi (Bavay, 1920)
• Balanetta ovulum (G.B. Sowerby, 1846): synonym of Ovaginella ovulum (G.B. Sowerby, 1846)

Description

Distribution

References

• Jousseaume, F., 1875. Coquilles de la famille des marginelles, Monographie. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée 3(3): 164-278
• Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp.

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