Toledonia
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Toledonia is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod molluscs in the family Diaphanidae
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Toledonia is the type genus of the subfamily Toledoniinae.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
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gastropod molluscs in the family Diaphanidae
Diaphanidae
Diaphanidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the superfamily Diaphanoidea, the headshield slugs and bubble snails....
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Toledonia is the type genus of the subfamily Toledoniinae.
Description
Toledonia was originally described by American malacologist William Healey Dall in 1902. Dall's original text (the type description) reads as follows:Species
Species within the genus Toledonia include:- Toledonia brevior Eales, 1923
- Toledonia bullata (GouldAugustus Addison GouldAugustus Addison Gould was an American conchologist and malacologist.-Biography:...
, 1847) - Distribution: Falklands, Argentina. Length: 9.2 mm. - Toledonia circumrosa (Thiele, 1904)
- Toledonia epongensis Valdés, 2008
- Toledonia globosa Hedley, 1916
- Toledonia limnaeaeformis (E. A. Smith, 1879) - Distribution: Antarctica.
- Toledonia limnaeoides (OdhnerNils Hjalmar OdhnerNils Hjalmar Odhner was a Swedish zoologist who studied mollusks, a malacologist. During his lifetime he was professor of invertebrate zoology at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm...
, 1913) - Distribution: West Greenland. Length: 2.6 mm. - Toledonia major (Hedley, 1911) - synonym: Toledonia elata J. Thiele, 1912 - Distribution: Subantarctic, South Sandwich Islands, South Shetlands; Antarctic Peninsula. Length: 6.6 mm. Found at depths up to 200 m.
- Toledonia media Thiele, 1912
- Toledonia neocaledonica Valdés, 2008
- Toledonia palmeri DellRichard DellDr Richard Kenneth Dell was a New Zealand malacologist. He was born in Auckland. As a young boy, he took an interest in shells, collecting them from the shores of Waitemata Harbour. He even managed to start a "museum" in his backyard...
, 1990 - Distribution: Antarctic. Length: 2.6 mm. - Toledonia parelata DellRichard DellDr Richard Kenneth Dell was a New Zealand malacologist. He was born in Auckland. As a young boy, he took an interest in shells, collecting them from the shores of Waitemata Harbour. He even managed to start a "museum" in his backyard...
, 1990 - Distribution: Tierra del Fuego. Length: 6.1 mm. Found at depths between 80 m and 230 m. - Toledonia perplexa DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1902 - type species. Distribution: Argentina; Tierra del Fuego; Straits of Magellan; Falklands. Length: 3.2 mm. Description: found to depths of 230 m. - Toledonia punctata J. ThieleJohannes ThieleJohannes Thiele, full name Karl Hermann Johannes Thiele was a German zoologist specialized in malacology. His Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde is a standard work...
, 1912 - Distribution: Subantarctic, Tierra del Fuego; South Georgia; Kerguelen. Length: 6 mm. Description: found at depths between 115 m and 567 m. - Toledonia seguenzae (Watson, 1886)
- Toledonia striata J. ThieleJohannes ThieleJohannes Thiele, full name Karl Hermann Johannes Thiele was a German zoologist specialized in malacology. His Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde is a standard work...
, 1912 - Distribution: Antarctica. - Toledonia succineaformis PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1955 - Distribution: New Zealand. - Toledonia typica (Thiele, 1904)
- Toledonia vagabunda (Mabille, 1885) - Distribution: Tierra del Fuego. Length: 10 mm.
- Toledonia warenella Golding, 2010