Uvanilla is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1][2]

Uvanilla
View of a shell of Uvanilla babelis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Uvanilla
Gray, 1850
Type species
Uvanilla olivacea
(W. Wood, 1828)
Synonyms

Astraea (Uvanilla)

Species

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Species within the genus Uvanilla include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

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  1. ^ Uvanilla Gray, 1850. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 26 August 2011.
  2. ^ Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2011) The family Turbinidae. Subfamilies Turbininae Rafinesque, 1815 and Prisogasterinae Hickman & McLean, 1990. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds), A Conchological Iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. pp. 1-82, pls 104-245.
  3. ^ Uvanilla babelis (P.Fischer, 1874). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 October 2011.
  4. ^ Uvanilla buschii (Philippi, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 October 2011.
  5. ^ Uvanilla olivacea (W. Wood, 1828). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 October 2011.
  6. ^ Uvanilla unguis (W. Wood, 1828). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 October 2011.
  7. ^ Astralium heimburgi (Dunker, 1882). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 October 2011.
  • Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.
  • Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2011) The family Turbinidae. Subfamilies Turbininae Rafinesque, 1815 and Prisogasterinae Hickman & McLean, 1990. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds), A Conchological Iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. pp. 1–82, pls 104-245.