Attenuata

Attenuata is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Lironobidae.[1]

Attenuata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Lironobidae
Genus:
Attenuata

Hedley, 1918
Type species
Rissoa integella Hedley, 1904
Synonyms
  • Adolphinoba Powell, 1930
  • Nobolira Finlay, 1926

Species

There are 21 species within the genus Attenuata, including:[1]

  • † Attenuata admiranda Richardson, 1997
  • Attenuata affinis (Powell, 1940)
  • Attenuata archensis (May, 1913)
  • Attenuata bollonsi (Powell, 1930)
  • † Attenuata charassa (Finlay, 1924)
  • Attenuata cochlearella (Powell, 1937)
  • Attenuata contigua (Powell, 1940)
  • † Attenuata eocenica Maxwell, 1992
  • Attenuata finlayi (Powell, 1930)
  • Attenuata hinemoa (C. A. Fleming, 1948)
  • † Attenuata inflata (Laws, 1939)
  • Attenuata integella (Hedley, 1904)
  • Attenuata lockyeri (Hedley, 1911)
  • Attenuata manawatawhia (Powell, 1937)
  • Attenuata merelina (Dell, 1956)
  • Attenuata orientalis (Dell, 1956)
  • † Attenuata polyvincta (Finlay, 1924)
  • Attenuata praetornatilis (Hedley, 1912)
  • Attenuata regis (Powell, 1940)
  • Attenuata schoutanica (May, 1913)
  • Attenuata wilsonensis (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1913)

Distribution

This marine genus is endemic to Australia and is found off New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.

References
  1. Attenuata Hedley, 1918. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2018.
  • Powell A.W.B. (1930) New species of New Zealand Mollusca from shallow-water dredgings. Part 1. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 60: 532-543.
  • Finlay, H.J. 1926. New Shells from New Zealand Tertiary Beds: Part 2. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 56: 227–258
  • "Attenuata integella". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Ponder W. F. (1985) A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum supplement 4: 1-221


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