Vanikoro is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vanikoridae.[2]

Vanikoro
Vanikoro ligata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Vanikoridae
Genus: Vanikoro
Quoy & Gaimard, 1832[1]
Type species
Vanikoro cancellata
Lamarck, 1822
Synonyms[2]
  • Korovina Iredale, 1918
  • Leucotis Swainson, 1840 (junior objective synonym of Vanikoro)
  • Merria Gray, 1839
  • Narica d'Orbigny, 1842

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius.

Species

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Species within the genus Vanikoro include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Vanikoro aenigmatica Turton, 1932: synonym of Macromphalus incertus (Turton, 1932)
  • Vanikoro blainvilliana (Récluz, 1845): synonym of Vanikoro ligata (Récluz, 1844)
  • Vanikoro deshayesiana ([Récluz, 1844): synonym of Vanikoro ligata (Récluz, 1844)
  • Vanikoro distans (Récluz, 1845): synonym of Vanikoro gueriniana (Récluz, 1844)
  • Vanikoro deshayesiana (Récluz, 1844) : synonym of Vanikoro ligata (Récluz, 1844)
  • Vanikoro gracilis Brazier, 1894: synonym of Macromphalus gracilis (Brazier, 1894)
  • Vanikoro japonica Pilsbry, 1895: synonym of Vanikoro fenestrata (A. Adams, 1863)
  • Vanikoro recluziana A. Adams & Angas, 1864: synonym of Vanikoro sigaretiformis (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)
Taxon inquirendum
  • Vanikoro semiplicata Pease, 1861

References

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  1. ^ Quoy & Gaimard (1833). In: d'Urville, Voy. "Astrolabe", Zool. 2: 239.
  2. ^ a b Vanikoro Quoy & Gaimard, 1832. Vanikoro Quoy & Gaimard, 1832. 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=204656 on 3 July 2012 .
  3. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2010). Vanikoro sulcatus (d'Orbigny, 1842). 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=532309 on 2010-12-18
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
  • Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp