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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Carinariidae |
| Genus: | Carinaria Lamarck, 1801 |
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Carinaria is a genus of medium-sized floating sea snails, pelagic gastropod molluscs in the family Carinariidae.
Anatomy
The cylindrical and elongate body consists of three parts : a short proboscis, a well-developed trunk and tail region of variable size. The size of this tail goes from very small in Carinaria galea to very large in Carinaria cristata. The well-developed swimming fin is located in both sexes at the back of the trunk and has at its back margin a small fin sucker. The right tentacle is small or vestigial. The cuticle is thick and gelatinous. The shells are known as “Venus slippers.”
Species
The World Register of Marine Species includes the following species within the genus Carinaria:
- Carinaria cithara Benson, 1835 – harp carinaria
- Carinaria cristata (Linnaeus, 1767) – Indo-Pacific
- Carinaria galea Benson, 1835 – helmet carinaria; Indo-Pacific
- Carinaria japonica Okutani, 1955 – Japan, North Pacific
- Carinaria lamarckii Blainville, 1817
- Carinaria pseudorugosa Vayssière, 1904
- Species brought into synonymy:
- Carinaria atlantica Adams & Reeve, 1850: synonym of Carinaria lamarckii Blainville, 1817
- Carinaria australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833: synonym of Carinaria lamarckii Blainville, 1817
- Carinaria challengeri Bonnevie, 1920: synonym of Carinaria pseudorugosa Vayssière, 1904
- Carinaria grimaldii Vayssière, 1904: synonym of Carinaria lamarckii Blainville, 1817
- Carinaria lamarcki Péron & Lesueur, 1810: synonym of Carinaria lamarckii Blainville, 1817
- Carinaria mediterranea Blainville, 1825: synonym of Carinaria lamarckii Blainville, 1817
- Carinaria punctata d'Orbigny, 1836: synonym of Carinaria lamarckii Blainville, 1817
References
- ^ Bouchet, Philippe (2015). "Carinaria Lamarck, 1801". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
- Lalli, Carol M.; Gilmer, Ronald W. (1989). Pelagic Snails: The Biology of Holoplanktonic Gastropod Mollusks. Stanford University Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-8047-1490-7.
Further reading
- Seapy, Roger R. 2008. Carinaria Lamarck 1801. Version 12 July 2008, Tree of Life Web Project: Carinaria
- "Carinaria". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Bonnevie, K. 1920. Heteropoda collected during the "Michael Sars" North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition 1910 Report on the Scientific Results of the "Michael Sars" North Atlantic Deep Sea Expedition 1910 3(2) 1–16, pls. 1–5.
- Malacolog Version 4.1.0 : A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca
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