{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{automatic taxobox | image = Finella phanea 001.jpg | image_caption = Shell of ''Finella phane''a (spêcimen at the Smithsonian Institution) | taxon = Finella | authority = A. Adams, 1860<ref>Adams A. (1860). ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History'' (3)'''6''': 336.</ref> | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = * ''Obtortio'' Hedley, 1899 * ''Alabina'' Dall, 1902 * ''Eufenella'' Kuroda & Habe, 1954 * ''Fenella'' A. Adams, 1864 * ''Fesandella'' Gründel, 1976 * ''Truidella'' Gründel, 1976 | type_species = ''Finella pupoides'' A. Adams, 1860 }} {{distinguish|Fenella (disambiguation)}} '''''Finella''''' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Scaliolidae.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|138264|''Finella'' Adams, 1860||11 April 2012}}</ref>
This genus has been assigned in the course of time to different families by different authors: Rissoidae, Cerithiidae, Dialidae, Obtortionidae, Finellidae and Diastomatidae Morphological and anatomical studies by Winston Ponder in 1994 established that the genera ''Finella'' and ''Scaliola'' didn't belong in the above-mentioned families and he brought them in a new family Scaliolidae.<ref>Ponder W. F. "The anatomy and relationships of ''Finella'' and ''Scaliola'' (Caenogastropoda, Cerithoidea, Scaliolidae)". pp. 215-241. In: Morton B. (ed.) ''The Malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China III.'' Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on the Malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China; Hong Kong, 13 April - 1 May 1992 xxii + 504 p.; Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong</ref> This was supported in 1982 by Healy through the study of the ultrastructure on the spermatozoa.<ref>Healy J. M. (1982). "Ultrastructure of paraspermatozoa, euspermatozoa and eusperm-like spermatozoa of ''Obtortio'' cf. ''fulva'' (Prosobranchia, Cerithiacea)". ''Helgölander wiss. Meeresunters'' '''35''': 485-500.</ref>
==Description== The species in this genus contain a small, elongated, conical shell without siphonal canal. The axial to spiral sculpture varies between weak and strong.
==Distribution== The snails of this species are common to even abundant in shallow waters of the tropical Indo-West Pacific Ocean.
==Species== Species within the genus ''Finella'' include:
* ''Finella adamsi'' (Dall, 1889)<ref>{{WRMS species|419537|''Finella adamsi'' (Dall, 1889)||17 May 2010}}</ref> * ''Finella barbarensis'' (Bartsch, 1911) * ''Finella californica'' (Dall & Bartsch, 1901) * ''Finella dubia'' (d'Orbigny, 1840)<ref>{{WRMS species|419538|''Finella dubia'' (d’Orbigny, 1840)||17 May 2010}}</ref> * ''Finella geayi'' Lamy, 1910<ref>WoRMS (2010). ''Fenella'' (sic!) ''geayi'' Lamy, 1910. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216934 on 2011-06-26</ref> * ''Finella hamlini'' (Bartsch, 1911) * ''Finella io'' (Bartsch, 1911) * ''Finella longinqua'' (Haas, 1949)<ref>Rosenberg, G. (2010). ''Finella longinqua'' (Haas, 1949). 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=532842 on 2011-06-26</ref> * ''Finella phanea'' (Bartsch, 1911) * ''Finella portoricana'' (Dall & Simpson, 1901)<ref>Rosenberg, G. (2010). ''Finella portoricana'' (Dall & Simpson, 1901). 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=532843 on 2011-06-26</ref> * ''Finella pupoides'' Adams A., 1860<ref>{{WRMS species|140595|''Finella pupoides'' Adams A., 1860||17 May 2010}}</ref> * ''Finella tenuisculpta'' (Carpenter, 1864)
==References== {{Reflist}} * Ponder W.F. 1994. ''The anatomy and relationships of Finella and Scaliola (Caenogastropoda: Cerithioidea: Scaliolidae)''. In: Morton B. (ed.) The malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China III, pp. 215–241, Hong Kong University Press * Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification''. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213 * Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). ''All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia''. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
==External links== * Hasegawa K. (1998). "A review of recent Japanese species previously assigned to ''Eufenella'' and ''Clathrofenella'' (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cerithioidea)". ''Memoirs of the National Science Museum'' (Tokyo) '''31''': 165-186. [http://ci.nii.ac.jp/lognavi?name=nels&lang=en&type=pdf&id=ART0006482027 PDF].
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Category:Scaliolidae Category:Taxa named by Arthur Adams (zoologist)