Murdochella
Encyclopedia
Murdochella is a genus
of small sea snail
s, marine
gastropods in the family
Nystiellidae
of the superfamily Epitonioidea
, the wentletraps, the purple snails, and their allies.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of small sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropods in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Nystiellidae
Nystiellidae
Nystiellidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks within the superfamily Epitonioidea which includes the wentletraps, the purple snails and their allies. This family was previously considered as a subfamily of Epitoniidae...
of the superfamily Epitonioidea
Epitonioidea
Epitonioidea is a superfamily of planktonic and ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs within the informal group Ptenoglossa. This superfamily includes the wentletraps and the purple snails.-Taxonomy:...
, the wentletraps, the purple snails, and their allies.
Species
Species within the genus Murdochella include:- Murdochella alacerMurdochella alacerMurdochella alacer is a species of minute wentletrap, a sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Nystiellidae, commonly known as wentletraps, found in New Zealand....
Finlay, 1927 - Murdochella antarctica DellRichard DellDr Richard Kenneth Dell was a New Zealand malacologist. He was born in Auckland. As a young boy, he took an interest in shells, collecting them from the shores of Waitemata Harbour. He even managed to start a "museum" in his backyard...
, 1990 - Murdochella crispata Kilburn, 1985
- Murdochella levifoliataMurdochella levifoliataMurdochella levifoliata is a species of minute wentletrap, a sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Nystiellidae, commonly known as wentletraps.This species is only known to occur in New Zealand.-References:...
(Murdoch & Suter,1906) - Murdochella lobata Kilburn, 1985
- Murdochella macrina IredaleTom IredaleTom Iredale was an English-born ornithologist and malacologist who had a long association with Australia, where he lived for most of his life. He was an autodidact who never went to university and lacked formal training...
, 1936 - Murdochella superlataMurdochella superlataPapuliscala superlata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Nystiellidae. This species is found on North Island, New Zealand.-References:...
Finlay,1930 : synonym of Papuliscala superlata (Finlay, 1930) - Murdochella tertia Finlay, 1930 : synonym of Murdochella alacer Finlay, 1927