Smithena
| Smithena | |
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| Shell of Smithena altispira (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Smithena Boyer, Pelorce & Gori, 2022 |
| Type species | |
| Pleurotoma (Defrancia) trifilosa E. A. Smith, 1882 | |
Smithena is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae; the dove snails.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Smithena include:
- Smithena alfredensis (Bartsch, 1915)
- Smithena altispira (Bozzetti, 2008)
- Smithena omanensis Perugia, 2023
- Smithena retiaria (Tomlin, 1931)
- Smithena trifilosa (E. A. Smith, 1882)
References
- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Smithena Boyer, Pelorce & Gori, 2022. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1606828 on 22 September 2023
- Boyer, F., Pelorce, J. & Gori, S. (2022). Révision des Columbellidae de l'île de Masirah, Oman. Partie 1 : genres Smithena gen. nov., Anachis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853, Zafra A. Adams, 1860 et Parvanachis Radwin, 1968. Novapex. 23(3): 87–110.