Closia

Closia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pruninae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.^[1]

Closia
Shell of Closia convergens (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Volutoidea
Family:	Marginellidae
Subfamily:	Marginellinae
Genus:	Closia Gray, 1857
Type species
Marginella sarda Kiener, 1834

Species

Species within the genus Closia include:

• † Closia cenchridium Le Renard & van Nieulande, 1985 ^[2]
• † Closia chevallieri Le Renard & van Nieulande, 1985 ^[2]
• † Closia convergens Le Renard & van Nieulande, 1985 ^[2]
• Closia giadae Cossignani, 2001^[3]
• † Closia inadspecta Le Renard & van Nieulande, 1985 ^[2]
• Closia limpida Bozzetti, 1992
• Closia majuscula (Martens, 1877)
• Closia princeps (G.B. Sowerby III, 1901)
• † Closia pseudampulla Le Renard & van Nieulande, 1985 ^[2]
• Closia sarda (Kiener, 1834)

Species brought into synonymy

• † Closia aucklandica Dell, 1950 : synonym of † Archierato aucklandica (Dell, 1950) (original combination)
• Closia lilacina (G.B. Sowerby II, 1846): synonym of Bullata lilacina (G.B. Sowerby II, 1846)
• Closia manceli Jousseaume, 1875: synonym of Cystiscus manceli (Jousseaume, 1875)
• Closia maoria Powell, 1937: synonym of Ovaginella maoria (Powell, 1937)

References

1. Closia Gray, 1857. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 September 2010.
2. J. Le Renard & F.A.D. van Nieulande in: Mededelingen van de Werkgroep voor Tertiaire en Kwartaire Geologie, vol 22 (1985) nr. 1 p. 3-69
3. Closia giadae Cossignani, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

• Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp.
• Bozzetti L. (2013) Note on the genus Closia Gray, 1857 (Marginellidae, Marginellinae). Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 78: 13–17.

External links

• Revision of the supraspecific classification of marginelliform gastropods; The Nautilus v.109 p. 43-110
• J. Le Renard & F.A.D. van Nieulande, Mededelingen van de Werkgroep voor Tertiaire en Kwartaire Geologie, vol 22 (1985) nr. 1 p. 3-69