Eurathea
Appearance
Eurathea | |
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Shell of Eurathea rissoiformis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subcohort: | Panpulmonata |
Superfamily: | Pyramidelloidea |
Family: | Pyramidellidae |
Genus: | Eurathea Laseron, 1959[1] |
Type species | |
Eurathea humerica Laseron, 1959 |
Eurathea is a small genus of very small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the tribe Chrysallidini within the family Pyramidellidae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]So far, species in this genus have been described from Australia, Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands.
Life habits
[edit]Little is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As is true of most members of the Pyramidellidae sensu lato, they are ectoparasites.
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Eurathea include:
- Eurathea humerica Laseron, 1959 - type species, the type locality is Darwin, Australia.[1] The length of the shell is 3.2 mm.[1]
- Eurathea rissoiformis Peñas & Rolán, 2017
- Eurathea solomonensis Peñas & Rolán, 2017
References
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- ^ a b c Laseron C. F. (1959). "Family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from Northern Australia". Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 10 (2): 177–267. doi:10.1071/MF9590177.
- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Eurathea Laseron, 1959. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=608039 on 2020-11-16
- Laseron, C. F. (1959). Family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from Northern Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 10(2): 177–267.
- Peñas A. & Rolán E. (2017). Deep water Pyramidelloidea from the central and South Pacific. The tribe Chrysallidini. ECIMAT (Estación de Ciencias Mariñas de Toralla), Universidade de Vigo. 412 pp