Marshallena

Marshallena is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Marshallenidae.^[1]

Marshallena
Original image of a shell of Marshallena nierstraszi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Marshallenidae
Genus:	Marshallena Allan, 1926
Type species
† Daphnella neozelanica Suter, 1917
Species
See text
Synonyms
Sugitanitoma Kuroda, 1959

R.S. Allen (1927) didn't specify a type species for this genus. H.J. Finlay (1927) selected Belophos incertus Marshall, 1919, which was amended by Powell (1966 + 1969) to † Daphnella neozelanica Suter, 1917^[2]

Before 2018 this genus used to belong to the family Horaiclavidae.

Species

Species within the genus Marshallena include:

• † Marshallena curtata (Marwick, 1926)^[3]
• Marshallena diomedea Powell, 1969^[4]
• † Marshallena neozelanica (Suter, 1917)
• Marshallena nierstraszi (Schepman, 1913)^[5]
• Marshallena philippinarum (Watson, 1882)^[6]

Species brought into synonymy

• † Marshallena anomala Powell, 1942: synonym of † Zeatoma anomala (Powell, 1942)
• † Marshallena austrotomoides Powell, 1931: synonym of † Zeatoma austrotomoides (Powell, 1931)^[7]
• † Marshallena carinaria Powell, 1935: synonym of † Gymnobela carinaria (Powell, 1935)^[8]
• † Marshallena celsa Marwick, 1931: synonym of † Zeatoma celsa (Marwick, 1931) (original combination)
• † Marshallena decens Marwick, 1931: synonym of † Zeatoma decens (Marwick, 1931) (original combination)
• Marshallena gracilispira Powell, 1969: synonym of Benthomangelia gracilispira (Powell, 1969)
• † Marshallena impar Powell, 1942: synonym of † Zeatoma impar (Powell, 1942)