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Marinula xanthostoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata
Superfamily:	Ellobioidea
Family:	Ellobiidae
Subfamily:	Carychiinae
Genus:	Marinula King & Broderip, 1832
Synonyms
Cremnobates Swainson, 1855 Maripythia Iredale, 1936 (unavailable name: no description)

Marinula is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ellobiidae.

This genus is found in New Zealand.

Species

Species within the genus Marinula include:

Marinula acuta (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Marinula concinna (C. B. Adams, 1852)
Marinula filholi Hutton, 1878
Marinula juanensis
Marinula maindroni Vélain, 1877
Marinula parva (Swainson, 1855)
Marinula pepita King, 1832
Marinula rhoadsi Pilsbry, 1910
Marinula striata Odhner, 1924
Marinula tristanensis Connolly, 1915
Marinula velaini Connolly, 1915
Marinula xanthostoma

Species brought into synonymy

Subgenus Marinula (Monica) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855: synonym of Ovatella Bivona-Bernardi, 1832
Marinula affinis (Férussac, 1821): synonym of Pedipes affinis Férussac, 1821
Marinula chathamensis Finlay, 1928: synonym of Marinula filholi Hutton, 1878

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