''Barleeia'', or the barleysnails, is a

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of very small

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. They are 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 ...

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s in the family

Barleeiidae Barleeiidae (often also spelled Barleeidae) is a family of small sea snails, micromollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha.Gofas S. (1995). A remarkable species richness of the Barleeidae (Gastropoda: Rissoacea) in the Eastern Atlantic. The Nautilus ...

. These snails are usually only a couple of millimeters in length.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Barleeia W. Clark, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137690 on 2020-06-05

Species

Species within the genus ''Barleeia'' include: * '' Barleeia aemilii'' (S. Gofas 1995)

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* '' Barleeia albicolor'' Rolán & Gori, 2014 * '' Barleeia alderi''

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1856 – West America * '' Barleeia annamitica'' Ph. Dautzenberg. & H. Fischer 1907 * '' Barleeia bentleyi'' P. Bartsch 1920 – West America * '' Barleeia bifasciata'' (Carpenter, 1856) * '' Barleeia caffra'' G. B. Sowerby III 1897 * '' Barleeia cala'' (E. A. Smith 1890)

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Barleeia calcarea ''Barleeia'', or the barleysnails, is a genus of very small sea snails. They are marine gastropod micromollusks in the family Barleeiidae. These snails are usually only a couple of millimeters in length.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ba ...

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* '' Barleeia californica'' Bartsch 1920) - California barleysnail - America * '' Barleeia carpenteri'' P. Bartsch 1920 – West-America * '' Barleeia chefiae'' (S. Gofas 1995) Cape Verde * ''

Barleeia chrysomela ''Barleeia'', or the barleysnails, is a genus of very small sea snails. They are marine gastropod micromollusks in the family Barleeiidae. These snails are usually only a couple of millimeters in length.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ba ...

'' Melvill & Standen 1896 * ''

Barleeia cinguloides ''Barleeia'', or the barleysnails, is a genus of very small sea snails. They are marine gastropod micromollusks in the family Barleeiidae. These snails are usually only a couple of millimeters in length.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ba ...

'' (S. Gofas 1995)

Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ...

Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...

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Barleeia congenita ''Barleeia'', or the barleysnails, is a genus of very small sea snails. They are marine gastropod micromollusks in the family Barleeiidae. These snails are usually only a couple of millimeters in length.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ba ...

'' E. A. Smith 1890 * ''

Barleeia coronadoensis ''Barleeia'', or the barleysnails, is a genus of very small sea snails. They are marine gastropod micromollusks in the family Barleeiidae. These snails are usually only a couple of millimeters in length.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ba ...

'' Bartsch, 1920 * ''

Barleeia creutzbergi ''Barleeia'', or the barleysnails, is a genus of very small sea snails. They are marine gastropod micromollusks in the family Barleeiidae. These snails are usually only a couple of millimeters in length.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ba ...

'' (K.M. de Jong & H.E. Coomans 1988)

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. * '' Barleeia ephamilla'' (E. A. Smith 1890) St. Helena (''

taxon inquirendum In biological classification, a ''species inquirenda'' is a species of doubtful identity requiring further investigation. The use of the term in English-language biological literature dates back to at least the early nineteenth century. The ter ...

'') * '' Barleeia fuscaexigua'' Rolán & Gori, 2014 * '' Barleeia fuscopicta'' E.A. Smith 1890 * '' Barleeia gougati'' (Michaud 1829) Mediterranean * '' Barleeia haliotiphila'' P. P. Carpenter 1864 - abalone barleysnail - This

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snail is one of the most common

s to be found in the

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at moderate tidal levels. Its diet consists of

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e, such as '' Rhodoglossum affine'', ''

Mastocarpus papillatus ''Mastocarpus papillatus'', sometimes called Turkish washcloth, black tar spot, or grapestone is a species of red algae in the family Phyllophoraceae. It is sometimes confused with the distantly related ''Turkish towel'' ('' Chondracanthus ex ...

'', '' Gigartina leptorhynchos''. Range: East

Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is bounded by the cont ...

, North America. * '' Barleeia juliae'' Rolán & Swinnen, 2004 * '' Barleeia lindae'' Rolán & Swinnen, 2004 * '' Barleeia malgascia'' Cecalupo & Perugia, 2009 * '' Barleeia meridionalis'' (W. F. Ponder. & Worsfold, 1994)

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* '' Barleeia mexicana'' (Cruz-Abrego 1998) Mexico, Cuba * '' Barleeia microthyra'' (E.C. von Martens 1880) Indo-Pacific * '' Barleeia multicolor'' Rolán & Gori, 2014 * '' Barleeia oldroydi'' P. Bartsch 1920 * '' Barleeia orcutti'' (P. Bartsch 1920) West America * '' Barleeia paupercula'' (C. B. Adams, 1852) * '' Barleeia pervulgata'' (S. Gofas 1995) Namibia, Angola * '' Barleeia picta'' (S. Gofas 1995) Namibia, Angola * '' Barleeia polychroma'' (de Folin 1870) West America * '' Barleeia procera'' Rolán & Gori, 2014 * '' Barleeia rubrooperculata'' (Z.J.A. de Castellanos & F. Fernandes 1972) southern

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. * '' Barleeia sanjuanensis'' P. Bartsch 1920 * '' Barleeia seminulum'' (T. A. di Monterosato 1877) Europe * '' Barleeia simplex'' (E. A. Smith, 1875) * '' Barleeia smithi'' Bartsch 1915 * '' Barleeia subtenuis'' P. P. Carpenter 1864 - Fragile barleysnail - America * '' Barleeia taeniolata'' (S. Gofas 1995)

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* '' Barleeia tincta'' R. J. L. Guppy 1895 - Caribbean barleysnail - eastern

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Trinidad Trinidad is the larger, more populous island of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the country. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is the southernmost island in ...

. * '' Barleeia tomensis'' (S. Gofas 1995) São Tomé and Príncipe * '' Barleeia translucens'' Rolán & Gori, 2014 * '' Barleeia trifasciata'' (T. Habe 1960)

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* '' Barleeia tropica'' J. Thiele 1925 * ''

Barleeia unifasciata ''Barleeia'', or the barleysnails, is a genus of very small sea snails. They are marine (ocean), marine gastropod micromollusks in the family Barleeiidae. These snails are usually only a couple of millimeters in length.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). M ...

'' G. Montagu 1803 -

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into

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;

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Barleeia verdensis ''Barleeia'', or the barleysnails, is a genus of very small sea snails. They are marine (ocean), marine gastropod micromollusks in the family Barleeiidae. These snails are usually only a couple of millimeters in length.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). M ...

'' (S. Gofas 1995) Cape Verde ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Barleeia acuta'' P. P. Carpenter 1864 - acute barleysnail - America: synonym of '' Pseudodiala acuta'' (Carpenter, 1864) * ''Barleeia angustata'' H.A. Pilsbry 1901 – Indo-Pacific: synonym of '' Ansola angustata'' (Pilsbry, 1901) * ''Barleeia compacta'' (J. G. Jeffreys 1884) Europe: synonym of '' Barleeia gougeti'' (Michaud, 1830) (junior synonym) * ''Barleeia rubra'' (A. A. Adam, 1795) West Africa: synonym of ''

'' (Montagu, 1803) * ''Barleeia zeteki'' (A. M. Strong & L. G. Hertlein 1939) West America: synonym of '' Barleeia paupercula'' (C. B. Adams, 1852)

References

* Ponder, W. F. (1967). The classification of the Rissoidae and Orbitestellidae with descriptions of some new taxa. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Zoology. 9(17): 193–224, pls 1–13.

External links

Clark W. (1853). On the Rissoa rubra. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (2)12: 107-110

W. F. (1983). Review of the genera of the Barleeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum 35: 231-281
{{Taxonbar , from=Q3174196 Barleeiidae Gastropod genera