Murchisonellidae

Murchisonellidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Murchisonelloidea.^[2][4]

Murchisonellidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superfamily:	Murchisonelloidea
Family:	Murchisonellidae Casey, 1904[1]
Subfamilies
See text
Synonyms[2]
Ebalidae Warén, 1994[3]

Taxonomy

1999 taxonomy

Under the system according to Christoffer Schander, Van Aartsen & Corgan (1999),^[5] there were five genera in the Ebalidae:

• Ebala J. E. Gray, 1847
• Bermudaclis Bartsch, 1947
• Chesapeakella Campbell, 1993
• Ebalina Thiele, 1929
• Henrya Bartsch, 1947

2005 taxonomy

This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

This has been changed in 2013 into two subfamilies.^[6]

Genera

Genera within the family Muchisonellidae include:

Subfamily Ebalinae Warén, 1995

• Ebala Gray, 1847 - synonym: Anisocycla Monterosato, 1880^[7]

Subfamily Murchisonellinae T. L. Casey, 1904

• Henrya Bartsch, 1947^[8]
• Koloonella Laseron, 1959
• Murchisonella Mörch, 1875 - type genus^[2]
• Pseudoaclisina Yoo, 1994

Genera brought into synonymy

• Bermudaclis Bartsch, 1947: synonym of Murchisonella Mörch, 1875
• Laseronella Whitley, 1959: synonym of Murchisonella Mörch, 1875
• Murchisoniella P. Fischer, 1885: synonym of Murchisonella Mörch, 1875
• Pandorella Laseron, 1951: synonym of Murchisonella Mörch, 1875