Balanetta is a genus of small, often colorful, sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the taxonomic family of the margin shells (Marginellidae).[1]
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| Shell of Balanetta baylii (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Volutoidea |
| Family: | Marginellidae |
| Genus: | Balanetta Jousseaume, 1875 |
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Cancellarioidea Forbes & Hanley, 1851 | |
Species edit
- 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 edit
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Distribution edit
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References edit
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- ^ WoRMS (2010). Balanetta Jousseaume, 1875. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=465260 on 2010-12-04
- 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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