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Hydroginella

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:

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): 274–311.
  • Boyer, F., Wakefield, A., McCleery, T., 2003. The genus Hydroginella (Caenogastropoda: Marginellidae) at bathyal levels from the Fiji Islands. Novapex 4(2–3): 67–77
  • Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp.