''Caelatura'' is a
genus
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of minute
sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s or
micromollusk
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s in the
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Barleeiidae
Barleeiidae (often also spelled Barleeidae) is a family of minute sea snails, micromollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha.Gofas S. (1995). A remarkable species richness of the Barleeidae (Gastropoda: Rissoacea) in the Eastern Atlantic. The Nautilu ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Caelatura Conrad, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391589 on 2020-07-11]
Species
Species within the genus ''Caelatura'' include:
* ''
Caelatura albertoi''
Santos & Absalão, 2007
* ''
Caelatura aulakion''
Santos & Absalão, 2007
* ''
Caelatura barcellosi''
Absalão & Rios, 1995
* ''
Caelatura carinata''
Santos & Absalão, 2007
* ''
Caelatura gerhardtae''
(De Jong & Coomans, 1988)
* ''
Caelatura microstoma''
(R. B. Watson, 1886)
* ''
Caelatura noxia''
Santos & Absalão, 2007
* ''
Caelatura pernambucensis''
(R. B. Watson, 1886)
* ''
Caelatura phrix''
Santos & Absalão, 2007
* ''
Caelatura rustica''
(R. B. Watson, 1886)
* ''
Caelatura speculabunda''
Absalão, 2002
* ''
Caelatura spirocordata''
Absalão & Rios, 1995
* ''
Caelatura tigrina''
Absalão, 2002
* ''
Caelatura tupi''
Santos & Absalão, 2007
References
* Absalao Silva, R. & Rios E., 1995. ''Descriptions of two new species of Caelatura (Gastropoda, Rissoidea, Barleiidae) from Brazil''. Apex 10(2-3): 87-93
External links
Jousseaume F. (1886). Coquilles du Haut-Sénégal. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 11: 471-502, pls 12-14Ponder W. F. (1983). Review of the genera of the Barleeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum 35: 231-281
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