Hydroginella is a genus of marginellid minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Austroginellinae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Hydroginella caledonica (Jousseaume, 1876) can parasitize sleeping fishes of the families Scaridae, Serranidae and Pomacentridae at coral reefs in New Caledonia by night. This snail is able to inserts its proboscis in the fish flesh and probably pumps some body fluids.
Species
Species within the genus Hydroginella include:
- Hydroginella agulhasensis <small>(Thiele, 1925)</small>
- Hydroginella angustata <small>Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003</small>
- Hydroginella bullata <small>Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003</small>
- Hydroginella caledonica <small>(Jousseaume, 1877)</small>
- Hydroginella chiapponii <small>T. Cossignani & Lorenz, 2021</small>
- Hydroginella columnaria <small>(Hedley & May, 1908)</small>
- Hydroginella cypraeaformis <small>Boyer, 2015</small>
- Hydroginella dedicata <small>Boyer, 2018</small>
- Hydroginella delessertiana <small>(Récluz, 1841)</small>
- Hydroginella dispersa <small>Laseron, 1957</small>
- Hydroginella dufresnei <small>Boyer, 2015</small>
- Hydroginella fascicula <small>(Laseron, 1957)</small>
- Hydroginella galatea <small>Lussi & Smith, 1999</small>
- Hydroginella gemella <small>Boyer, 2001</small>
- Hydroginella guttula <small>(G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)</small>
- Hydroginella limata <small>(Ma, 1994)</small>
- Hydroginella marina <small>Lorenz & Kostin, 2007</small>
- Hydroginella marionae <small>Boyer, 2015</small>
- Hydroginella mixta <small>(Petterd, 1884)</small>
- Hydroginella musorstomi <small>Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003</small>
- Hydroginella osteri <small>(Jousseaume, 1875)</small>
- Hydroginella richeri <small>Boyer, 2001</small>
- Hydroginella rugosa <small>Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003</small>
- Hydroginella scintilla <small>(Jousseaume, 1875)</small>
- Hydroginella sordida <small>(Reeve, 1865)</small>
- Hydroginella sterbai <small>T. Cossignani & Lorenz, 2021</small>
- Hydroginella superstes <small>(Laseron, 1957)</small>
- Hydroginella tridentata <small>(Tate, 1878)</small>
- Hydroginella unica <small>Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003</small>
- Hydroginella vincentiana <small>(Cotton, 1944)</small>
- Hydroginella vitiensis <small>Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003</small>
- Hydroginella wareni <small>Boyer, Wakefield & McCleery, 2003</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- Hydroginella dawnbrinkae <small>Massier, 1993</small>: synonym of Hydroginella agulhasensis <small>(Thiele, 1925)</small>
- Hydroginella electrina <small>(G. B. Sowerby III, 1892)</small>: synonym of Hyalina electrina <small>(G. B. Sowerby III, 1892)</small>
- Hydroginella roselineae <small>Cossignani, 2009</small>: synonym of Hydroginella scintilla <small>(Jousseaume, 1875)</small>
- Hydroginella tropica <small>Laseron, 1957</small>: synonym of Dentimargo tropicus <small>(Laseron, 1957)</small>
- Hydroginella tuii <small>Cossignani, 2001</small>: synonym of Serrata tuii <small>(T. Cossignani, 2001)</small> (original combination)
References
- Laseron C.F. (1957). A new classification of the Australian Marginellidae (Mollusca), with a review of species from the Solanderian and Dampierian zoogeographical provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 8(3): 274âÂÂ311.
- Boyer, F., Wakefield, A., McCleery, T., 2003. The genus Hydroginella (Caenogastropoda: Marginellidae) at bathyal levels from the Fiji Islands. Novapex 4(2âÂÂ3): 67âÂÂ77
- Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp.