Protoginella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Austroginellinae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]
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| Protoginella caledonica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Volutoidea |
| Family: | Marginellidae |
| Subfamily: | Austroginellinae |
| Genus: | Protoginella Laseron, 1957 |
| Type species | |
| Marginella lavigata Brazier, 1877 | |
Species edit
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Protoginella :[2]
- † Protoginella atkinsoni (May, 1922)
- † Protoginella bellensis (Beu, 1970)
- † Protoginella bembix P. A. Maxwell, 1988
- Protoginella caledonica Boyer, 2001[3]
- † Protoginella cenodoxa P. A. Maxwell, 1992
- † Protoginella conica (G. F. Harris, 1897)
- † Protoginella corpulenta (May, 1922)
- Protoginella laseroni Boyer, 2001[4]
- Protoginella lavigata (Brazier, 1877)
- Protoginella maestratii Boyer, 2002[5]
- † Protoginella micula (Tate, 1878)
- † Protoginella opoitia (Marwick, 1965)
- Protoginella praetera Laseron, 1957
- Protoginella reborai T. Cossignani, 2011
- Protoginella turbiniformis (Bavay, 1917)
- † Protoginella wentworthii (Tate, 1877)
- † Protoginella whitecliffensis (Marwick, 1926)
- Synonyms
- Protoginella geminata (Hedley, 1912): synonym of Alaginella geminata (Hedley, 1912)
- † Protoginella labinensis P. A. Maxwell, 1988: synonym of † Alaginella labinensis (P. A. Maxwell, 1988)
- † Protoginella parvisinus P. A. Maxwell, 1992: synonym of † Alaginella parvisinus (P. A. Maxwell, 1992)
- Protoginella valida (R. B. Watson, 1886): synonym of Alaginella valida (R. B. Watson, 1886)
- Protoginella weedingi (Cotton, 1944): synonym of Alaginella geminata (Hedley, 1912)
References edit
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- ^ a b Protoginella Laseron, 1957. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ^ WoRMS : Protoginella
- ^ Protoginella caledonica Boyer, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ^ Protoginella laseroni Boyer, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ^ Protoginella maestratii Boyer, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp.
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