Tjaernoeia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Infraclass: | Mesoneura |
| Superfamily: | Tjaernoeioidea |
| Family: | Tjaernoeiidae Warén, 1991[2] |
| Genus: | Tjaernoeia Warén & Bouchet, 1988[1] |
Tjaernoeia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the informal group Lower Heterobranchia.[3] They are named after the marine laboratory at Tjärnö, Strömstad, Sweden. Their shells are rounded, thin and translucent.
There are four species of Tjaernoeia. Two of them are found in the Bohuslän region of Sweden: Tjaernoeia exquisita and Tjaernoeia unisulcata.[4]
Tjaernoeia is the only genus in the family Tjaernoeiidae.[5]
Species
[edit]Species in the genus Tjaernoeia include:
- Tjaernoeia boucheti Warén, 1991[6] - from deep water in the northeastern Atlantic[2] It has a smooth or almost smooth protoconch.
- Tjaernoeia exquisita (Jeffreys, 1883) - described from Crete,[7] also known from Ghana[8]
- Tjaernoeia michaeli Engl, 2002[9]
- Tjaernoeia unisulcata (Chaster, 1897)[10]
References
[edit]- ^ Warén A. & Bouchet P. (1988). "A new species of Vanikoridae from the Western Mediterranean, with remarks on the Northeast Atlantic species of the family". Bollettino Malacologico 24: 73-100.
- ^ a b Warén A. (1991). "New and little known Mollusca from Iceland and Scandinavia". Sarsia 76(1-2): 53-124. page 88. abstract.
- ^ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- ^ https://artfakta.se/taxa/1004988/information
- ^ (in Czech) de Bruyne R. H. (2004). Encyklopedie ulit a lastur. Rebo Productions, 336 pp., ISBN 80-7234-288-6, page 216.
- ^ Gofas, S. (2010). Tjaernoeia boucheti Warén, 1991. 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=141683 on 2011-01-20
- ^ Jeffreys J. G. (1883). "Mediterranean Mollusca N. 3 and other Invertebrata". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5)11: 393-401. p. 399, pl. 16, fig. 8.
- ^ Gofas, S. (2010). Tjaernoeia exquisita (Jeffreys, 1883). 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=141684 on 2011-01-20
- ^ WoRMS (2010). Tjaernoeia michaeli Engl, 2002. 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=457224 on 2011-01-20
- ^ Gofas, S. (2010). Tjaernoeia unisulcata (Chaster, 1897). 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=141685 on 2011-01-20