Granata (gastropod)

Granata
Ventral view of a shell of Granata sulcifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Chilodontaidae
Genus: Granata
Cotton, 1957
Type species
Stomatella imbricata
Lamarck, 1816

Granata is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Chilodontaidae (formerly in the family Trochidae, the top snails).[1]

Species

Species within the genus Granata include:[2]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Granata elegans (Gray, 1847): synonym of Stomatella elegans Gray, 1847 (superseded combination)

References

  • Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J., 1962. Marine Mollusca of Victoria. Melbourne Univ. Press, Melbourne (p. 55 : discussion of the validity of the introduction of Granata as new name)
  • Moore, R.C. (1964). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part 1. Kansas : University of Kansas Press and Geological Society of America. Vol.1
  • Lee, J.J., 1990. . Korean J. Mal., 6(1):33-44.
  • Herbert D.G. (2012) A revision of the Chilodontidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) of southern Africa and the south-western Indian Ocean. African Invertebrates, 53(2): 381โ€“502[link removed]