Closia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pruninae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Species Species within the genus Closia include: † Closia cenchridium Le Renard & van Nieulande, 1985 † Closia chevallieri Le Renard & van Nieulande, 1985 † Closia convergens Le Renard & van Nieulande, 1985 J. Le Renard & F.A.D. van Nieulande in: Mededelingen van de Werkgroep voor Tertiaire en Kwartaire Geologie, vol 22 (1985) nr. 1 p. 3-69 Closia giadae Cossignani, 2001 † Closia inadspecta Le Renard & van Nieulande, 1985 Closia limpida Bozzetti, 1992 Closia majuscula (Martens, 1877) Closia princeps (G.B. Sowerby III, 1901) † Closia pseudampulla Le Renard & van Nieulande, 1985 Closia sarda (Kiener, 1834) Species brought into synonymy † Closia aucklandica Dell, 1950 : synonym of † Archierato aucklandica (Dell, 1950) (original combination) Closia lilacina (G.B. Sowerby II, 1846): synonym of Bullata lilacina (G.B. Sowerby II, 1846) Closia manceli Jousseaume, 1875: synonym of Cystiscus manceli (Jousseaume, 1875) Closia maoria Powell, 1937: synonym of Ovaginella maoria (Powell, 1937)
References
Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp. Bozzetti L. (2013) Note on the genus Closia Gray, 1857 (Marginellidae, Marginellinae). Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 78: 13–17.
External links
Revision of the supraspecific classification of marginelliform gastropods; The Nautilus v.109 p. 43-110 J. Le Renard & F.A.D. van Nieulande, Mededelingen van de Werkgroep voor Tertiaire en Kwartaire Geologie, vol 22 (1985) nr. 1 p. 3-69