Sundaya

Sundaya
Shell of Sundaya soubzmaignei (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: incertae sedis
Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Cerithiopsidae
Genus: Sundaya
W. R. B. Oliver, 1915
Type species
Sundaya exquisita W. R. B. Oliver, 1915

Sundaya is a genus of sea snails in the family Cerithiopsidae.[1]

Characteristics

(Original description) The shell is pupoid in shape, with an obtuse apex and gently convex sides. The protoconch is minute, consisting of a single whorl. The body whorl contracts anteriorly into a nearly straight siphonal canal and is ornamented with nodulose spiral ribs. [2]

Species

  • Sundaya bancheti Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
  • Sundaya bargibanti Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
  • Sundaya ericae Cecalupo & Perugia, 2018
  • Sundaya exquisita W. R. B. Oliver, 1915
  • Sundaya laboutei Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
  • Sundaya poigounei Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
  • Sundaya pupoides Cecalupo & Perugia, 2024
  • Sundaya rigneusae Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
  • Sundaya rufula Cecalupo & Perugia, 2024
  • Sundaya spurca Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
  • Sundaya tuberculata Powell, 1927
  • Sundaya widmeriana (Cecalupo & Perugia, 2014)
Species brought into synonymy
  • Sundaya campbellica A. W. B. Powell, 1955: synonym of Specula campbellica (Powell, 1955)
  • Sundaya soubzmaignei Cecalupo & Perugia, 2020: synonym of Cerithiopsis soubzmaignei (Cecalupo & Perugia, 2020) (superseded combination)

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Sundaya W. R. B. Oliver, 1915. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=592041 on 2021-07-04
  2. ^ Oliver, W. R. B. (1915). The Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 47: 509-568 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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