''Argeneuthria'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s, marine
gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Buccinidae
The Buccinidae are a very large and diverse taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks or true whelks.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Buccinidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Ac ...
, the true whelks.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Argeneuthria Pastorino, 2016. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=889667 on 2020-05-26]
Species
Species within the genus ''Argeneuthria'' include:
* ''
Argeneuthria cerealis''
(Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885)
* ''
Argeneuthria euthrioides''
(Melvill & Standen, 1898)
* ''
Argeneuthria paessleri''
(Strebel, 1905)
* ''
Argeneuthria philippii''
(Strebel, 1905)
* ''
Argeneuthria varicosa''
Pastorino, 2016
References
External links
Pastorino G. (2016). Revision of the genera Pareuthria Strebel, 1905, Glypteuthria Strebel, 1905 and Meteuthria Thiele, 1912 (Gastropoda: Buccinulidae) with the description of three new genera and two new species from Southwestern Atlantic waters. Zootaxa. 4179(3): 301-344
Buccinidae
Gastropod genera
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