Murdochella

Murdochella is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropods in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps, the purple snails, and their allies.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Murdochella:

• Murdochella alacer <small>Finlay, 1927</small>
• Murdochella antarctica <small>Dell, 1990</small>
• Murdochella crispata <small>Kilburn, 1985</small>
• Murdochella levifoliata <small>(Murdoch & Suter, 1906)</small>
• Murdochella lobata <small>Kilburn, 1985</small>
• Murdochella macrina <small>Iredale, 1936</small>
• Murdochella tricingulata <small>Campagnari & Geiger, 2018</small>
• Murdochella turritelliformis <small>L. G. Brown, 2019</small>

Former species

• Murdochella magellanica <small>(Philippi, 1845)</small>: synonym of Cirsotrema magellanicum <small>(R. A. Philippi, 1845)</small>
• Murdochella superlata <small>Finlay, 1930</small> - synonymized with Papuliscala superlata <small>(Finlay, 1930)</small>
• Murdochella tertia <small>Finlay, 1930</small> - synonymized with Murdochella alacer <small>Finlay, 1927</small>

References

• https://web.archive.org/web/20070928082133/http://wwmcat.it/malaco/family/nystiellinae.htm
• Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
• Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp

External links

• Finlay, H. J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 320-485, pls 18-23
• Brown L.G. & Neville B.D. (2015). Catalog of the recent taxa of the families Epitoniidae and Nystiellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. Zootaxa. 3907(1): 1-188
• Kilburn R.N. (1985). The family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum. 27(1): 239-337.