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Closia

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Closia
Shell of Closia convergens (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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

Species

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Species within the genus Closia include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

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  1. ^ Closia Gray, 1857. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 September 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e 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.
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