Hydroginella


Hydroginella is a genus of marginellid minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Austroginellinae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Hydroginella caledonica can parasitize sleeping fishes of the families Scaridae, Serranidae and Pomacentridae at coral reefs in New Caledonia by night. This snail is able to inserts its proboscis in the fish flesh and probably pumps some body fluids.

Species

Species within the genus Hydroginella include:
;Species brought into synonymy:
  • Hydroginella dawnbrinkae Massier, 1993: synonym of Hydroginella agulhasensis
  • Hydroginella electrina : synonym of Hyalina electrina
  • Hydroginella roselineae Cossignani, 2009: synonym of Hydroginella scintilla
  • Hydroginella tropica Laseron, 1957: synonym of Dentimargo tropicus
  • Hydroginella tuii Cossignani, 2001: synonym of ''Serrata tuii''