Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Littorinimorpha
Superfamilia: Rissooidea
Familia: Lironobidae
Genus: Merelina
Species (36):
Name
Merelina Iredale, 1915
References
Criscione, F.; Ponder, W.F. 2011: A review of the Recent Australian species of Merelina Iredale, 1915 (Caenogastropoda: Rissoidae). Molluscan research, 31(2): 65–84. Abstract
Iredale 1915: Trans. N. Zealand Inst., 47: 449.
References
Links
Merelina in the World Register of Marine Species
Merelina is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Lironobidae.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Merelina include:
† Merelina avita Marwick, 1928
Merelina cancellata Criscione & Ponder, 2011
Merelina cheilostoma (Tenison Woods, 1877)
Merelina cochleata Powell, 1927
Merelina compacta Powell, 1937
Merelina coronata (Powell, 1926)
Merelina crassissima Powell, 1937
Merelina crispulata Powell, 1937
Merelina crossaeformis (Powell, 1926)
† Merelina effodita Laws, 1950
Merelina elegans (Angas, 1877)
Merelina foliata (Suter, 1908)
Merelina gracilis (Angas, 1877)
Merelina harrisonae Powell, 1939
Merelina hirta Criscione & Ponder, 2011
† Merelina kaawensis Laws, 1936
Merelina lacunosa (Powell, 1926)
Merelina lordhowensis Criscione & Ponder, 2011
Merelina lyalliana (Suter, 1898)
Merelina manawatawhia Powell, 1937
Merelina maoriana Powell, 1939
Merelina norfolkensis Criscione & Ponder, 2011
Merelina pagodiformis (G.B. Sowerby III, 1914)
Merelina pauereques Powell, 1937
Merelina petronella (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
Merelina pisinna (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
Merelina plaga Finlay, 1926
Merelina queenslandica Laseron, 1956
Merelina rubiginosa Ponder, 1967
† Merelina saginata Laws, 1939
Merelina superba Powell, 1927
Merelina taupoensis Powell, 1939
† Merelina telkibana Ladd, 1966
Merelina tricarinata Powell, 1937
† Merelina waiotemarama Laws, 1948
Merelina waitangiensis Powell, 1933
Species brought into synonymy
Merelina corruga Laseron, 1956 : synonym of Manzonia corruga (Laseron, 1956)
Merelina crassula Rehder, 1980 : synonym of Manzonia crassula (Rehder, 1980)
Merelina cyrta Cotton, 1944 : synonym of Alvania hedleyi Thiele, 1930
Merelina eminens Laseron, 1950 : synonym of Alvania fasciata (Tenison Woods, 1876)
Merelina goliath Laseron, 1956 : synonym of Iravadia quadrasi (Boettger, 1893)
Merelina granulosa (Pease, 1862) accepted as Manzonia granulosa (Pease, 1862)
Merelina hewa Kay, 1979 : synonym of Manzonia hewa (Kay, 1979)
Merelina hians Laseron, 1957 : synonym of Sansoniella minuta (Hornung & Mermod, 1927)
Merelina humera Laseron, 1956 : synonym of Iravadia quadrasi (Boettger, 1893)
Merelina longinqua Rehder, 1980 : synonym of Manzonia longinqua (Rehder, 1980)
Merelina reversa Laseron, 1956 : synonym of Iravadia quadrasi (Boettger, 1893)
Merelina sculptilis May, 1920 : synonym of Alvania sculptilis (May, 1920)
Merelina solida Laseron, 1956 : synonym of Iravadia mahimensis (Melvill, 1893)
Merelina subreticulata Laseron, 1950 : synonym of Alvania suprasculpta (May, 1915)
Merelina sucina Laseron, 1956 a: synonym of Iravadia mahimensis (Melvill, 1893)
Merelina tokyoensis (Pilsbry, 1904) : synonym of Manzonia tokyoensis (Pilsbry, 1904)
Merelina wanawana Kay, 1979 : synonym of Manzonia wanawana (Kay, 1979)
References
Merelina Iredale, 1915. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2018.
Ponder W. F. (1985). A review of the Genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum supplement 4: 1-221
Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
Criscione F. & Ponder W.F. (2011) A review of the Recent Australian species of Merelina Iredale, 1915 (Caenogastropoda: Rissoidae). Molluscan Research 31(2): 65–84. abstract
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