Lunella

Lunella
Two shells of Lunella granulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Lunella
Röding, 1798
Type species
Turbo versicolor Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms[1]
  • Lunella (Lunella) Röding, 1798
  • Lunella (Ninella) Gray, 1850
  • Lunella (Subninella) Thiele, 1929
  • Turbo (Lunella) Röding, 1798 (rank change)

Lunella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1]

The Australian Faunal Directory classifies Lunella as Turbo (Lunella) Röding, 1798 [2]

Species

Species within the genus Lunella include:

References

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