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Protoginella Laseron, 1957

AphiaID

391146 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:391146)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Marginella lavigata Brazier, 1877 accepted as Protoginella lavigata (Brazier, 1877) (type by original designation)

Parent

Austroginellinae G. A. Coovert & H. K. Coovert, 1995

Original name

Protoginella Laseron, 1957

Synonymised names

Protoginella (Protoginella) Laseron, 1957 · unaccepted

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Species Protoginella caledonica F. Boyer, 2001
Species Protoginella laseroni F. Boyer, 2001
Species Protoginella lavigata (Brazier, 1877)
Species Protoginella maestratii F. Boyer, 2002
Species Protoginella praeterea Laseron, 1957
Species Protoginella reborai T. Cossignani, 2011
Species Protoginella turbiniformis (Bavay, 1917)
Subgenus Protoginella (Alaginella) Laseron, 1957 accepted as Alaginella Laseron, 1957
1. Species Protoginella (Alaginella) parvisinus P. A. Maxwell, 1992 accepted as Alaginella parvisinus (P. A. Maxwell, 1992) † (superseded combination)
Subgenus Protoginella (Protoginella) Laseron, 1957 accepted as Protoginella Laseron, 1957
Species Protoginella geminata (Hedley, 1912) accepted as Alaginella geminata (Hedley, 1912)
Species Protoginella valida (R. B. Watson, 1886) accepted as Alaginella valida (R. B. Watson, 1886) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Protoginella weedingi (Cotton, 1944) accepted as Alaginella geminata (Hedley, 1912)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Laseron, C. F. (1957). A new classification of the Australian Marginellidae (Mollusca), with a review of species from the Solanderian and Dampierian zoogeographical provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 8 (3): 274-311., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/mf9570274
page(s): 285 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Protoginella Laseron, 1957. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391146 on 2026-02-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-04-14 09:31:10Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-03-11 13:34:31Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2011-05-15 19:04:54Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2019-08-14 19:46:29Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2019-09-26 22:34:19Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description Laseron, C. F. (1957). A new classification of the Australian Marginellidae (Mollusca), with a review of species from the Solanderian and Dampierian zoogeographical provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 8 (3): 274-311., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/mf9570274
page(s): 285 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp. [details]

Taxonomy

status source Coovert, G. A. & Coovert, H. K. (1995). Revision of the supraspecific classification of marginelliform gastropods. The Nautilus. 109(2-3): 43-110, 80 figs., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8274195 [details]