Vanikoro (gastropod)

Vanikoro is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vanikoridae.^[2]

Vanikoro
Vanikoro ligata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Vanikoridae
Genus:	Vanikoro Quoy & Gaimard, 1832[1]
Type species
Vanikoro cancellata Lamarck, 1822
Synonyms[2]
Korovina Iredale, 1918 Leucotis Swainson, 1840 (junior objective synonym of Vanikoro) Merria Gray, 1839 Narica d'Orbigny, 1842

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius.

Species

Species within the genus Vanikoro include:

• † Vanikoro accelerans (Marwick, 1928)
• Vanikoro aperta (Carpenter, 1864)
• Vanikoro cancellata (Lamarck, 1822)
• Vanikoro clathrata (Récluz, 1845)
• Vanikoro cumingiana (Récluz, 1844)
• Vanikoro cuvieriana (Récluz, 1845)
• Vanikoro dupliangulata (Laws, 1940) †
• Vanikoro fenestrata (A. Adams, 1863)
• Vanikoro foveolata Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866
• Vanikoro gaimardi A. Adams, 1854
• Vanikoro galapagana Hertlein & Strong, 1951
• Vanikoro granulosa Récluz, 1845
• Vanikoro gueriniana (Récluz, 1844)
• Vanikoro helicoidea (Le Guillou, 1842)
• Vanikoro kilburni Drivas, J. & M. Jay, 1989
• Vanikoro ligata (Récluz, 1843)
• Vanikoro mauritii (Récluz, 1845)
• Vanikoro natalensis E. A. Smith, 1908
• Vanikoro orbignyana (Récluz, 1844)
• Vanikoro oxychone Mörch, 1877
• Vanikoro plicata (Récluz, 1844)
• Vanikoro quoyiana A. Adams, 1854
• Vanikoro satondae Bandel & Kowalke, 1997
• Vanikoro sigaretiformis (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)
• Vanikoro striatus (d'Orbigny, 1842)
• Vanikoro sulcatus (d'Orbigny, 1842)^[3]
• Vanikoro tricarinata (Récluz, 1843)
• Vanikoro wallacei Iredale, 1912

Species brought into synonymy

• Vanikoro aenigmatica Turton, 1932: synonym of Macromphalus incertus (Turton, 1932)
• Vanikoro blainvilliana (Récluz, 1845): synonym of Vanikoro ligata (Récluz, 1844)
• Vanikoro deshayesiana ([Récluz, 1844): synonym of Vanikoro ligata (Récluz, 1844)
• Vanikoro distans (Récluz, 1845): synonym of Vanikoro gueriniana (Récluz, 1844)
• Vanikoro deshayesiana (Récluz, 1844) : synonym of Vanikoro ligata (Récluz, 1844)
• Vanikoro gracilis Brazier, 1894: synonym of Macromphalus gracilis (Brazier, 1894)
• Vanikoro japonica Pilsbry, 1895: synonym of Vanikoro fenestrata (A. Adams, 1863)
• Vanikoro recluziana A. Adams & Angas, 1864: synonym of Vanikoro sigaretiformis (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)

Taxon inquirendum

• Vanikoro semiplicata Pease, 1861