Kanamarua is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colubrariidae.
Species Species within the genus Kanamarua include: Kanamarua adonis (Dall, 1919) Kanamarua aikeni Fraussen & D. Monsecour, 2019 Kanamarua boswellae (Kilburn, 1975) Kanamarua francroberti Fraussen & Lamy, 2008 Kanamarua hyatinthus Shikama, 1973 Kanamarua magnifica Fraussen & Chino, 2012Fraussen K., Chino M. (2012). Kanamarua magnifica n. sp. (Gastropoda: Columbrariidae), a large and colorful species from the southern Philippines. Visaya 3 (5) : 37-40. Kanamarua narcissisma Fraussen & Lamy, 2008 Kanamarua somalica (Bozzetti, 1993) Kanamarua tazimai Kuroda, 1951 Kanamarua wangae D. Monsecour, Fraussen & Fei, 2017 Species brought into synonymy Kanamarua rehderi Kilburn, 1977: synonym of Kanamarua hyatinthus Shikama, 1973
References
Kuroda T. (1951). Descriptions of a new genus of a marine gastropod, Kanamarua, gen. n., and a new species of a bivalve, Abra kanamarui, sp. n. dedicated to Mr T. Kanamaru on his 60th birthday. Venus. 16(5-8): 68-72 Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1986 ["1985"]) Mollusca Gastropoda: Taxonomical notes on tropical deep water Buccinidae with descriptions of new taxa. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, A, 133: 457–517. Fraussen K. & Lamy D. (2008). Revision of the genus Kanamarua Kuroda, 1951 (Gastropoda: Colubrariidae) with the description of two new species. Novapex 9(4): 129-140