Balanetta

Balanetta
	Shell of Balanetta baylii (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Volutoidea
Family:	Marginellidae
Genus:	Balanetta; Jousseaume, 1875
Type species
	Balanetta baylii Jousseaume, 1875;

Balanetta is a genus of small, often colorful, sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the taxonomic family of the margin shells (Marginellidae).^[1]

Species

Balanetta baylei Jousseaume, 1875: synonym of Balanetta baylii Jousseaume, 1875 (alternative original spelling; spelling baylii selected by First Reviser choice by Tomlin (1917))
Balanetta decaryi Bavay, 1920: synonym of Ovaginella decaryi (Bavay, 1920)
Balanetta ovulum (G.B. Sowerby II, 1846): synonym of Ovaginella ovulum (G.B. Sowerby II, 1846)

↑ WoRMS (2010). Balanetta Jousseaume, 1875. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=465260 on 2010-12-04

Jousseaume, F., 1875. Coquilles de la famille des marginelles, Monographie. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée 3(3): 164-278
Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp.

Coovert, G. A.; Coovert, H. K. (1995). "Revision of the supraspecific classification of marginelliform gastropods". The Nautilus. 109 (2–3).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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