Spiralinella Chaster 1901

Spiralinella is a genus of very small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks, or micromollusks.^[1]

Nomenclature

Both this genus and its type species have had a very complicated synonymy. The status of the generic name Spiralinella in contrast to the names Partulida and Spiralina was clarified by Corgan (1973), and the nomenclatorical problems around the type species were discussed by van Aartsen & Gianuzzi-Savelli (1991).

Life habits

Little is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As is true of most members of the Pyramidellidae sensu lato, they are most likely to be ectoparasites.

Species

Species within the genus Spiralinella include:

• Spiralinella incerta (Milaschewich, 1916)
• Spiralinella marthinae (Nofroni & Schander, 1994)
• Spiralinella muinaiensis Saurin, 1962
• Spiralinella spiralis (Montagu, 1803) (Type species) (as Turbo spiralis)

References

• Chaster, G. W. (1898). "A report on the Mollusca (excluding the Cephalopoda and Nudibranchiata) obtained by the Royal Irish Academy cruises of 1885, 1886, and 1888". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 5: 1–33.
• Corgan, J. X.. (1973). "The names Partulida Schaufuss, 1869 and Spiralinella Chaster, 1901 (Gastropoda: Pyramidellacea)". Journal of Conchology. 28: 9–10.
• van Aartsen, J. J. & Gianuzzi-Savelli, R. (1991). "New names for well-known European Marine Mollusca". Bolettino Malacologico. 27 (1–4): 1–8.