''Tiberia'' is a
genus
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of minute
parasitic
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sea snails,
marine gastropod molluscs in the
family
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Pyramidellidae
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, the pyrams and their allies. ''Tiberia'' is the only genus in the tribe Tiberiini.
Taxonomy
According to
Schander, Van Aartsen & Corgan (1999) the subfamily Tiberiinae contains a single genus, ''Tiberia''.
Tiberiinae was one of eleven recognised subfamilies in the family
Pyramidellidae
Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs. The great majority of species of pyrams are micr ...
according to the taxonomy of
Ponder &
Lindberg
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Location
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of the Bavarian Forest on ...
(1997).
However, in the
taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), this subfamily was downgraded to the rank of
tribe
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Tiberiini in the subfamily
Syrnolinae.
''Tiberia'' is the type genus of the tribe Tiberiini.
Description
The very small
shells of the species in this genus have many
whorls. They are
umbilicate shells that lack both shell sculpture and the apertural tooth or teeth that are characteristic in most other members of the family
Pyramidellidae
Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs. The great majority of species of pyrams are micr ...
. They may, however, have slight biplicate folds on the
columella
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.
Species
Species in the genus ''Tiberia'' include:
* ''
Tiberia analoga'' van Aartsen & Corgan, 1996
* ''
Tiberia apicifusca'' van Aartsen, Gittenberger & Goud, 1998
* ''
Tiberia balteata'' (A. Adams, 1855)
* ''
Tiberia cathaysiae'' Saurin, 1959
* ''
Tiberia grimaudi'' Saurin, 1959
* ''
Tiberia hyalina'' (Dunker, 1860)
* ''
Tiberia minuscula'' (Monterosato, 1880) - synonym: ''Tiberia octaviana'' Di Geronimo, 1973
* ''
Tiberia navella'' van Aartsen & Corgan, 1996
* ''
Tiberia ngani'' Saurin, 1959
* ''
Tiberia nitidula'' (A. Adams, 1860)
* ''
Tiberia ovata'' Saurin, 1959
* ''
Tiberia paumotensis'' (Tryon, 1886)
* ''
Tiberia pusilla'' (A. Adams, 1854)
* ''
Tiberia semicostata'' Saurin, 1962
* ''
Tiberia thaii'' Saurin, 1959
* ''
Tiberia trifasciata'' (A. Adams, 1863)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Tiberia balteatus''
ic synonym of ''Tiberia balteata'' (A. Adams, 1855)
* ''Tiberia dunkeri'' (Dall & Bartsch, 1906): synonym of ''
Orinella dunkeri
''Orinella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.Rosenberg, G. (2011). ''Orinella'' Dall & Bartsch, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www ...
'' (Dall & Bartsch, 1906)
* ''Tiberia gisela'' (Thiele, J., 1925): synonym of ''
Exesilla gisela'' (Thiele, 1925)
* ''Tiberia micalii'' i Penas & Rolan, 1997: synonym of ''
Pyramidella dolabrata'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Tiberia minusculoides'' (van Aartsen, Gittenberger & Goud, 1998):
[Gofas, S. (2010). ''Tiberia minusculoides'' (van Aartsen, Gittenberger & Goud, 1998). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141050 on 2011-03-21] synonym of ''
Tiberia minuscula'' (Monterosato, 1880)
* ''Tiberia nitidula'' Adams, A., 1860: synonym of ''
Pyramidella dolabrata'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Tiberia octaviana'' Di Geronimo, 1973: synonym of ''Tiberia minuscula'' (Monterosato, 1880)
* ''Tiberia pretiosa'' Coen, 1933: synonym of ''
Chrysallida interstincta'' (J. Adams, 1797): synonym of Parthenina interstincta (J. Adams, 1797)
* ''Tiberia pulchella'' (A. Adams, 1854): synonym of ''
Orinella pulchella'' (A. Adams, 1854)
References
* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.
* Rolán E., 2005. ''Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago''. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
External links
Jeffreys J.G. 1884. ''On the Mollusca procured during the 'Lightning' and 'Porcupine' expeditions, 1868-70. (Part VIII).'' Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1882: 341-372, pl. 26-28 Serge GOFAS, Ángel A. LUQUE, Joan Daniel OLIVER,José TEMPLADO & Alberto SERRA (2021) - The Mollusca of Galicia Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean); European Journal of Taxonomy 785: 1–114
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