Gregariella

Genus of bivalves

Gregariella
Shell of Gregariella vignoni (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Mytilida
Family: Mytilidae
Genus: Gregariella
Monterosato, 1884
Synonyms
  • Botulina Dall, 1889
  • Musculus (Gregariella) Monterosato, 1884
  • Musculus (Propetilus) Iredale, 1937
  • Propetilus Iredale, 1937
  • Tibialectus Iredale, 1939
  • Trichomusculus Iredale, 1924 (junior synonym)

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Gregariella is a genus of mussels in the family Mytilidae.[1][2]

Selected species

  • Gregariella australis (E. von Martens, 1879)
  • Gregariella bakeri (Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)
  • Gregariella barbata (Reeve, 1858)
  • Gregariella chenui (Récluz, 1842)
  • Gregariella coarctata (Carpenter, 1857)
  • Gregariella coralliophaga (Gmelin, 1791) — artist's mussel
  • Gregariella denticulata (Dall, 1871)
  • Gregariella difficilis (Deshayes, 1863)
  • Gregariella ehrenbergi (Issel, 1869)
  • Gregariella fischeri (E. A. Smith, 1885)
  • Gregariella multistriata (E. A. Smith, 1872)
  • Gregariella nubilis (Iredale, 1937)
  • Gregariella obermulleri (Fischer-Piette & Nicklès, 1946)
  • Gregariella petagnae (Scacchi, 1832)
  • Gregariella semigranata (Reeve, 1858)
  • Gregariella splendida (Reeve, 1858)
  • Gregariella vignoni (Petit de la Saussaye, 1862)

References

  1. ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 18.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gregariella Monterosato, 1883. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138218 on 2021-01-08
  • Valentich-Scott P., Coan E.V. & Zelaya D. (2020). Bivalve seashells of western North America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Punta Aguja, Peru to Isla Chiloé, Chile. vii + 593 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
  • Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gregariella.
  • - Monterosato T. A. (di) (1883-1885). Conchiglie littorali mediterranee. Naturalista Siciliano, Palermo, 3(3): 87-91 (1883); 3(4): 102-111; 3(5): 137-140; 3(6): 159-163; 3(8): 227-231; 3(10): 277-281; 4(1-2): 21-25; 4(3): 60-63 (1884); 4(4): 80-84; 4(8): 200-204 (1885)
  • Crosse H. (1885). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee, pel Marchese di Monterosato [book review]. Journal de Conchyliologie 33: 139-142
Taxon identifiers
Gregariella


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