Amathina is a genus of small sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Amathinidae.[2]
Amathina is the type genus of the family Amathinidae.[3]
Species
Species within the genus Amathina include:
- Species brought into synonymy
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Amathina angustata Souverbie, 1875: synonym of Amathina tricarinata (Linnaeus, 1767)
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Amathina imbricata G. B. Sowerby III, 1889: synonym of Hipponicidae incertae sedis imbricata G. B. Sowerby III, 1889 (not Amathina, but rather Hipponicidae)
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Amathina nobilis A. Adams, 1867: synonym of Trichamathina nobilis (A. Adams, 1867)
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Amathina tricostata (Gmelin, 1790):[5] synonym of Amathina tricarinata (Linnaeus, 1767)
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Amathina trigona G. B. Sowerby II, 1870: synonym of Amathina bicarinata Pease, 1861
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Amathina violacea (Angas, 1867): synonym of Capulus violaceus Angas, 1867
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Amathina violaceus (Angas, 1867): synonym of Amathina violacea (Angas, 1867): synonym of Capulus violaceus Angas, 1867 (incorrect gender ending)
References
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^ Gray (1842). Syn. cont. Brit. Mus., ed. 44: 63.
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^ WoRMS (2010). Amathina Gray, 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=181104 on 2011-03-15
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^ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
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^ Gofas, S. (2010). Amathina tricarinata (Linnaeus, 1767). 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=181105 on 2011-03-15
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^ WoRMS (2010). Amathina tricostata (Gmelin, 1790). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215181 on 2011-03-15
