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Eurathea

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Eurathea
Shell of Eurathea rissoiformis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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So far, species in this genus have been described from Australia, Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands.

Life habits

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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

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Species within the genus Eurathea include:

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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