Jordaniella Chaster, 1898

Høisaeter, Tore, 2014, The Pyramidellidae (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) of Norway and adjacent waters. A taxonomic review, Fauna norvegica 34, pp. 7-78 : 41

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5324/fn.v34i0.1672
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16922108
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/626F87DD-F06C-FFF6-12B9-FF058D56FD3E
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Jordaniella Chaster, 1898
status

Treatment

Jordaniella Chaster, 1898 View in CoL

Type species, by subsequent designation: Turbo nivosus Montagu, 1803 ; designated by Chaster (1901:8). Britain.

= Jordanula Chaster, 1901 . Unnecessary replacement name.

Pyramidellids with small (< 4.5 mm long), nearly cylindrical shells of no more than six whorls. Sculpture consisting of spiral lirae and growth lines. Aperture egg-shaped to oval. Columellar fold retracted and low, but always present. Protoconch small and inverted.

The type species was included in the molecular analysis of pyramidellids by Schander et al. (2003), who concluded that the use of Jordaniella as a genus is justified.