Kanamarua
genus of molluscs
Kanamarua is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colubrariidae.
Species
Species within the genus Kanamarua include:
Kanamarua adonis (Dall, 1919)
Kanamarua aikeni Fraussen & D. Monsecour, 2019
Kanamarua boswellae (Kilburn, 1975)
Kanamarua francroberti Fraussen & Lamy, 2008
Kanamarua hyatinthus Shikama, 1973
Kanamarua magnifica Fraussen & Chino, 2012
Kanamarua narcissisma Fraussen & Lamy, 2008
Kanamarua somalica (Bozzetti, 1993)
Kanamarua tazimai Kuroda, 1951
Kanamarua wangae D. Monsecour, Fraussen & Fei, 2017
Species brought into synonymy
Kanamarua rehderi Kilburn, 1977: synonym of Kanamarua hyatinthus Shikama, 1973
References
Kuroda T. (1951). Descriptions of a new genus of a marine gastropod, Kanamarua, gen. n., and a new species of a bivalve, Abra kanamarui, sp. n. dedicated to Mr T. Kanamaru on his 60th birthday. Venus. 16(5-8): 68-72
Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1986 ["1985"]) Mollusca Gastropoda: Taxonomical notes on tropical deep water Buccinidae with descriptions of new taxa. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, A, 133: 457–517.
Fraussen K. & Lamy D. (2008).
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