Claremontiella
Shell of Claremontiella nodulosa (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ergalataxinae
Genus: Claremontiella
Houart, Zuccon & Puillandre, 2019
Type species
Purpura nodulosa C. B. Adams, 1845

Claremontiella is a genus of small, predatory sea snails, related to the genera Tenguella and Muricodrupa. Its members are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]

In 2013, genetic analysis indicated that Morula nodulosa was not closely related to the main group of Morula species, but rather was sister to a Tenguella–Muricodrupa clade.[2] In response, the new genus Claremontiella was proposed in 2019, including C. nodulosa as type species, its close relative C. consanguinea,[lower-alpha 1] and a newly-described species: C. adiakritos.[3]: 39–44 

Claremontiella is named in honor of researcher Martine Claremont.[3]: 40 

Species

Notes

  1. ↑ C. consanguinea was previously Morula consanguinea. It is not clear whether C. consanguinea and C. nodulosa should be treated as one or two species. Houart et al. write "Further analyses are needed before making a final decision. In the meantime C. consanguinea is here provisionally retained as a valid species."

References

  1. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Claremontiella Houart, Zuccon & Puillandre, 2019. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1335130 on 2021-08-16
  2. ↑ Claremont, Martine; Houart, Roland; Williams, Suzanne T.; Reid, David G. (2013-02-01). "A molecular phylogenetic framework for the Ergalataxinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 79 (1): 19–29. doi:10.1093/mollus/eys028. ISSN 0260-1230.
  3. 1 2 Houart, Roland; Zuccon, Dario; Puillandre, Nicolas (2019-04-09). "Description of new genera and new species of Ergalataxinae (Gastropoda: Muricidae)". Novapex. 20 (hors-série 12): 1–52.



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