Murdochella is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropods in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps, the purple snails, and their allies.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Murdochella:

  • Murdochella alacer Finlay, 1927
  • Murdochella antarctica Dell, 1990
  • Murdochella crispata Kilburn, 1985
  • Murdochella levifoliata (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
  • Murdochella lobata Kilburn, 1985
  • Murdochella macrina Iredale, 1936
  • Murdochella tricingulata Campagnari & Geiger, 2018
  • Murdochella turritelliformis L. G. Brown, 2019

Former species

  • Murdochella magellanica (Philippi, 1845): synonym of Cirsotrema magellanicum (R. A. Philippi, 1845)
  • Murdochella superlata Finlay, 1930 - synonymized with Papuliscala superlata (Finlay, 1930)
  • Murdochella tertia Finlay, 1930 - synonymized with Murdochella alacer Finlay, 1927
  • Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • 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

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