Granata (gastropod)

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

Species

Species within the genus Granata include:

• Granata cumingii <small>(A. Adams, 1854)</small>
• Granata imbricata <small>(Lamarck, 1816)</small>
• Granata japonica <small>(A. Adams, 1850)</small>
• Granata lyrata <small>Pilsbry, 1890</small>
• Granata maculata (<small>Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)</small>
• Granata sulcifera <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small>

• Granata elegans <small>(Gray, 1847)</small>: synonym of Stomatella elegans <small>Gray, 1847</small> (superseded combination)

References

• Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J., 1962. Marine Mollusca of Victoria. Melbourne Univ. Press, Melbourne (p.&nbsp;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): 381–502