Pirenella

Pirenella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Potamididae.

Species

Species within the genus Pirenella include:

• Pirenella alata <small>(Philippi, 1849)</small>
• Pirenella arabica <small>Reid, 2016</small>
• Pirenella asiatica <small>Ozawa & Reid, 2016</small>
• Pirenella austrocingulata <small>Reid, 2015</small>
• † Pirenella balatonica <small>(Tausch, 1886)</small>
• Pirenella caiyingyai <small>(Qian, Fang & He, 2013)</small>
• Pirenella cancellata <small>Ozawa & Reid, 2016</small>
• Pirenella cingulata <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
• Pirenella conica <small>(Blainville, 1829)</small>
• † Pirenella delicatula <small>Reid, 2016</small>
• † Pirenella etrusca <small>(Mayer, 1864)</small>
• Pirenella graeca <small>(Deshayes, 1835)</small>
• Pirenella incisa <small>(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)</small>
• Pirenella microptera <small>(Kiener, 1841)</small>
• Pirenella nanhaiensis <small>Fu & Reid, 2016</small>
• Pirenella nipponica <small>Ozawa & Reid, 2016</small>
• Pirenella pupiformis <small>Ozawa & Reid, 2016</small>
• Pirenella retifera <small>(G. B. Sowerby II, 1855)</small>
• Pirenella rugosa <small>Reid, 2016</small>
• † Pirenella subconica <small>(Pallary, 1901)</small>
• † Pirenella supracretacea <small>(Tausch, 1886)</small>

• Pirenella boswellae <small>(Barnard, 1963)</small>: synonym of Pseudovertagus clava <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
• Pirenella cailliaudi <small>(Potiez & Michaud, 1838)</small>: synonym of Pirenella conica <small>(Blainville, 1829)</small>
• Pirenella insculpta <small>(G. B. Sowerby II, 1865)</small>: synonym of Zeacumantus plumbeus <small>(G.B. Sowerby II, 1855)</small>
• Pirenella layardii <small>(A. Adams, 1854)</small>: synonym of Pirenella conica <small>(Blainville, 1829)</small>
• Pirenella mammillata <small>(Gray, 1847)</small>: synonym of Pirenella conica <small>(Blainville, 1829)</small>

References

• Lozouet P. (1986). Redéfinition des genres Potamides et Pirenella (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia) à partir des espèces actuelles et fossiles. Implications phylétiques et biogéographiques.. Annales de Paléontologie 72: 163-210

External links

• Jousseaume (F.P.) 1894. Diagnoses des coquilles de nouveaux mollusques. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris, 8(6): 98-105.
• Reid D.G. & Ozawa T. (2016). The genus Pirenella Gray, 1847 (= Cerithideopsilla Thiele, 1929) (Gastropoda: Potamididae) in the Indo-West Pacific region and Mediterranean Sea. Zootaxa. 4076(1): 1-91