Vanikoro is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vanikoridae.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Vanikoridae |
| Genus: | Vanikoro Quoy & Gaimard, 1832[1] |
| Type species | |
| Vanikoro cancellata Lamarck, 1822
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius.
Species
editSpecies within the genus Vanikoro include:
- † Vanikoro accelerans (Marwick, 1928)
- Vanikoro aperta (Carpenter, 1864)
- Vanikoro cancellata (Lamarck, 1822)
- Vanikoro clathrata (Récluz, 1845)
- Vanikoro cumingiana (Récluz, 1844)
- Vanikoro cuvieriana (Récluz, 1845)
- Vanikoro dupliangulata (Laws, 1940) †
- Vanikoro fenestrata (A. Adams, 1863)
- Vanikoro foveolata Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866
- Vanikoro gaimardi A. Adams, 1854
- Vanikoro galapagana Hertlein & Strong, 1951
- Vanikoro granulosa Récluz, 1845
- Vanikoro gueriniana (Récluz, 1844)
- Vanikoro helicoidea (Le Guillou, 1842)
- Vanikoro kilburni Drivas, J. & M. Jay, 1989
- Vanikoro ligata (Récluz, 1843)
- Vanikoro mauritii (Récluz, 1845)
- Vanikoro natalensis E. A. Smith, 1908
- Vanikoro orbignyana (Récluz, 1844)
- Vanikoro oxychone Mörch, 1877
- Vanikoro plicata (Récluz, 1844)
- Vanikoro quoyiana A. Adams, 1854
- Vanikoro satondae Bandel & Kowalke, 1997
- Vanikoro sigaretiformis (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)
- Vanikoro striatus (d'Orbigny, 1842)
- Vanikoro sulcatus (d'Orbigny, 1842)[3]
- Vanikoro tricarinata (Récluz, 1843)
- Vanikoro wallacei Iredale, 1912
- Species brought into synonymy
- Vanikoro aenigmatica Turton, 1932: synonym of Macromphalus incertus (Turton, 1932)
- Vanikoro blainvilliana (Récluz, 1845): synonym of Vanikoro ligata (Récluz, 1844)
- Vanikoro deshayesiana ([Récluz, 1844): synonym of Vanikoro ligata (Récluz, 1844)
- Vanikoro distans (Récluz, 1845): synonym of Vanikoro gueriniana (Récluz, 1844)
- Vanikoro deshayesiana (Récluz, 1844) : synonym of Vanikoro ligata (Récluz, 1844)
- Vanikoro gracilis Brazier, 1894: synonym of Macromphalus gracilis (Brazier, 1894)
- Vanikoro japonica Pilsbry, 1895: synonym of Vanikoro fenestrata (A. Adams, 1863)
- Vanikoro recluziana A. Adams & Angas, 1864: synonym of Vanikoro sigaretiformis (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)
- Taxon inquirendum
- Vanikoro semiplicata Pease, 1861
References
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- ^ Quoy & Gaimard (1833). In: d'Urville, Voy. "Astrolabe", Zool. 2: 239.
- ^ a b Vanikoro Quoy & Gaimard, 1832. Vanikoro Quoy & Gaimard, 1832. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204656 on 3 July 2012 .
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2010). Vanikoro sulcatus (d'Orbigny, 1842). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532309 on 2010-12-18
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
- Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp