Murchisonella

Murchisonella
	Shell of Murchisonella africana (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Infraclass:	Mesoneura
Superfamily:	Murchisonelloidea
Family:	Murchisonellidae
Genus:	; Mörch, 1875
Type species
	Murchisonia spectrum; Mörch, 1875
Synonyms
	Bermudaclis Bartsch, 1947; Laseronella Whitley, 1959; Murchisonia Mörch, 1875; Murchisoniella P. Fischer, 1885 (unjustified emendation of Murchisonella); Pandorella Laseron, 1951 (invalid: junior homonym of Pandorella Conrad, 1863; Laseronella is a replacement name);

Murchisonella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Murchisonellinae of the family Murchisonellidae, the pyrams and their allies.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Murchisonella include:^[1]

Murchisonella gittenbergeri (De Jong & Coomans, 1988): synonym of Aclis gittenbergeri (De Jong & Coomans, 1988)

^ ^a ^b Vinarski, Maxim (2025). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Murchisonella Mörch, 1875". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 30 July 2025.

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Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 180–213.