Batillaria is a genus of small salt marsh or mudflat snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Batillariidae, the horn snails.
Species Species within the genus Batillaria include: Batillaria attramentaria (G. B. Sowerby I, 1855)WoRMS (2010). Batillaria attramentaria (G. B. Sowerby I, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397021 on 2011-06-26 - Japanese false cerith Batillaria australis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)WoRMS (2010). Batillaria australis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446433 on 2011-06-26 Batillaria bornii (Sowerby II, 1887 in 1842–87)Batillaria. OBIS. Batillaria estuarina (Tate, 1893)WoRMS (2010). Batillaria estuarina (Tate, 1893). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446434 on 2011-06-26 Batillaria flectosiphonata Ozawa, 1996WoRMS (2010). Batillaria flectosiphonata Ozawa, 1996. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446435 on 2011-06-26 Batillaria multiformis (Lischke, 1869)WoRMS (2010). Batillaria multiformis (Lischke, 1869). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446436 on 2011-06-26 Batillaria mutata (Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1902) Batillaria sordida Gmelin, 1791WoRMS (2010). Batillaria sordida Gmelin, 1791. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446437 on 2011-06-26 Batillaria zonalis (Bruguière, 1792)Bouchet, P. (2011). Batillaria zonalis (Bruguière, 1792). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397022 on 2011-06-26 - Japanese false cerith, synonyms: Batillaria aterrima, Batillaria atramenfaria, Batillaria cumingi and also (cotroversely with above) Batillaria multiformis. ITIS, accessed 26 June 2011.
Synonyms: Batillaria minima (Gmelin, 1791) - West Indian false cerith, is a synonym of Lampanella minima (Gmelin, 1791)
References
Ozawa, T., Köhler, F., Reid, D.G. & Glaubrecht, M. (2009). Tethyan relicts on continental coastlines of the northwestern Pacific Ocean and Australasia: molecular phylogeny and fossil record of batillariid gastropods (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea). Zoologica Scripta, 38: 503-525
Further reading Ozawa T., Köhler F., Reid D. G. & Glaubrecht M. (2009). "Tethyan relicts on continental coastlines of the northwestern Pacific Ocean and Australasia: molecular phylogeny and fossil record of batillariid gastropods (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea)". Zoologica Scripta 38(5): 503–525. .
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