{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon= Merelina | image = Merelina lacunosa (powell, 1940) (52690273260).jpg | image_caption = Shell of ''Merelina lacunosa'' |authority = Iredale, 1915 | type_species = ''Merelina cheilostoma'' (Tenison Woods, 1877) | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms = * ''Merelina (Mereliniopsis)'' <small>Ponder, 1967</small> * ''Merelina (Promerelina)'' <small>A. W. B. Powell, 1926 ·</small> * ''Mereliniopsis'' <small>Ponder, 1967</small> * ''Promerelina'' <small>Powell, 1926</small>
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'''''Merelina''''' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Lironobidae.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|413958 |''Merelina'' Iredale, 1915 ||4 December 2018}}</ref>
==Species== Species within the genus ''Merelina'' include: {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * † ''Merelina avita'' Marwick, 1928 * ''Merelina cancellata'' Criscione & Ponder, 2011 * ''Merelina cheilostoma'' (Tenison Woods, 1877) * ''Merelina cochleata'' Powell, 1927 * ''Merelina compacta'' Powell, 1937 * ''Merelina coronata'' (Powell, 1926) * ''Merelina crassissima'' Powell, 1937 * ''Merelina crispulata'' Powell, 1937 * ''Merelina crossaeformis'' (Powell, 1926) * † ''Merelina effodita'' Laws, 1950 * ''Merelina elegans'' (Angas, 1877) * ''Merelina foliata'' (Suter, 1908) * ''Merelina gracilis'' (Angas, 1877) * ''Merelina harrisonae'' Powell, 1939 * ''Merelina hirta'' Criscione & Ponder, 2011 * † ''Merelina kaawensis'' Laws, 1936 * ''Merelina lacunosa'' (Powell, 1926) * ''Merelina lordhowensis'' Criscione & Ponder, 2011 * ''Merelina lyalliana'' (Suter, 1898) * ''Merelina manawatawhia'' Powell, 1937 * ''Merelina maoriana'' Powell, 1939 * ''Merelina norfolkensis'' Criscione & Ponder, 2011 * ''Merelina pagodiformis'' (G.B. Sowerby III, 1914) * ''Merelina pauereques'' Powell, 1937 * ''Merelina petronella'' (Melvill & Standen, 1901) * ''Merelina pisinna'' (Melvill & Standen, 1896) * ''Merelina plaga'' Finlay, 1926 * ''Merelina queenslandica'' Laseron, 1956 * ''Merelina rubiginosa'' Ponder, 1967 * † ''Merelina saginata'' Laws, 1939 * ''Merelina superba'' Powell, 1927 * ''Merelina taupoensis'' Powell, 1939 * † ''Merelina telkibana'' Ladd, 1966 * ''Merelina tricarinata'' Powell, 1937 * † ''Merelina waiotemarama'' Laws, 1948 * ''Merelina waitangiensis'' Powell, 1933 {{div col end}} ; Species brought into synonymy: * ''Merelina corruga'' Laseron, 1956 : synonym of ''Manzonia corruga'' (Laseron, 1956) * ''Merelina crassula'' Rehder, 1980 : synonym of ''Manzonia crassula'' (Rehder, 1980) * ''Merelina cyrta'' Cotton, 1944 : synonym of ''Alvania hedleyi'' Thiele, 1930 * ''Merelina eminens'' Laseron, 1950 : synonym of ''Alvania fasciata'' (Tenison Woods, 1876) * ''Merelina goliath'' Laseron, 1956 : synonym of ''Iravadia quadrasi'' (Boettger, 1893) * ''Merelina granulosa'' (Pease, 1862) accepted as ''Manzonia granulosa'' (Pease, 1862) * ''Merelina hewa'' Kay, 1979 : synonym of ''Manzonia hewa'' (Kay, 1979) * ''Merelina hians'' Laseron, 1957 : synonym of ''Sansoniella minuta'' (Hornung & Mermod, 1927) * ''Merelina humera'' Laseron, 1956 : synonym of ''Iravadia quadrasi'' (Boettger, 1893) * ''Merelina longinqua'' Rehder, 1980 : synonym of ''Manzonia longinqua'' (Rehder, 1980) * ''Merelina reversa'' Laseron, 1956 : synonym of ''Iravadia quadrasi'' (Boettger, 1893) * ''Merelina sculptilis'' May, 1920 : synonym of ''Alvania sculptilis'' (May, 1920) * ''Merelina solida'' Laseron, 1956 : synonym of ''Iravadia mahimensis'' (Melvill, 1893) * ''Merelina subreticulata'' Laseron, 1950 : synonym of ''Alvania suprasculpta'' (May, 1915) * ''Merelina sucina'' Laseron, 1956 a: synonym of ''Iravadia mahimensis'' (Melvill, 1893) * ''Merelina tokyoensis'' (Pilsbry, 1904) : synonym of ''Manzonia tokyoensis'' (Pilsbry, 1904) * ''Merelina wanawana'' Kay, 1979 : synonym of ''Manzonia wanawana'' (Kay, 1979)
==References== {{Reflist}} * [http://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Ponder-1985-Rec-Aust-Mus-Suppl-4-1221/ Ponder W. F. (1985). ''A review of the Genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea)''. Records of the Australian Museum supplement 4: 1-221] * 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 * Criscione F. & Ponder W.F. (2011) ''A review of the Recent Australian species of Merelina Iredale, 1915 (Caenogastropoda: Rissoidae)''. Molluscan Research 31(2): 65–84. [http://www.mapress.com/mr/content/v31/2011f/n2p084.htm abstract]
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Category:Lironobidae Category:Gastropod genera Category:Taxa named by Tom Iredale
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