Eurathea

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Eurathea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Order: Heterostropha
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Subfamily: Chrysallidinae
Genus: Eurathea
Laseron, 1959
Species

See text.

Eurathea is a small genus of very small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks or micromollusks. This genus is currently placed in the family Odostomiidae, in the subfamily Chrysallidinae.

Contents

[edit] Distribution

So far, species in this genus have only been described from Australia.

[edit] Life habits

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.

[edit] Species within the genus Eurathea

  • Eurathea humerica Laseron, 1959 (Type species)
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

[edit] References

  • Laseron, C. F. (1959). "Family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from Northern Australia". Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 10: 177–267. 


Wikiproject Gastropods
 This gastropod-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Languages