Biology:Dunkeria

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Short description: Genus of gastropods


Dunkeria
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Dunkeria

Carpenter, 1857

Dunkeria is a rather eccentric genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. This genus does not contain any specified species within it, only synonyms.[1][2]

Distribution

This genus occurs in the following locations:[1]

Species

This species of gastropods does not contain any official species within it, only synonyms of other species within the family Pyramidellidae.


The following species were brought into synonymy:[1]

  • Dunkeria jeffreysii (Forbes & Hanley, 1850) accepted as Turbonilla jeffreysii (Forbes & Hanley, 1850)
  • Dunkeria scalariformis de Folin, 1877 accepted as Papuliscala praelonga (Jeffreys, 1877)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 WoRMS (2011). Dunkeria Carpenter, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151948 on 2011-10-26
  2. Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN:0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5315359 entry