Murchisonellidae

Murchisonellidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Murchisonelloidea.

Taxonomy

1999 taxonomy

Under the system according to Christoffer Schander, Van Aartsen & Corgan (1999), there were five genera in the Ebalidae:

• Ebala J. E. Gray, 1847
• Bermudaclis Bartsch, 1947
• Chesapeakella Campbell, 1993
• Ebalina Thiele, 1929
• Henrya Bartsch, 1947

2005 taxonomy

This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

This has been changed in 2013 into two subfamilies.

Genera

Genera within the family Muchisonellidae include:

• Ebala <small>Gray, 1847</small> - synonym: Anisocycla Monterosato, 1880

• Henrya <small>Bartsch, 1947</small>
• Koloonella <small>Laseron, 1959</small>
• Murchisonella <small>Mörch, 1875</small> - type genus
• Pseudoaclisina <small>Yoo, 1994</small>

• Bermudaclis Bartsch, 1947: synonym of Murchisonella <small>Mörch, 1875</small>
• Laseronella Whitley, 1959: synonym of Murchisonella <small>Mörch, 1875</small>
• Murchisoniella P. Fischer, 1885: synonym of Murchisonella <small>Mörch, 1875</small>
• Pandorella Laseron, 1951: synonym of Murchisonella <small>Mörch, 1875</small>

References

• Peñas, A.; Rolán, E. (2013). Revision of the genera Murchisonella and Pseudoaclisina (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Murchisonellidae). Vita Malacologica. 11: 15-64
• Warén A. (2013) Murchisonellidae: who are they, where are they and what are they doing? (Gastropoda, lowermost Heterobranchia). Vita Malacologica 11: 1-14