''Chileutomia'' is a
genus of medium-sized
sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family Eulimidae.
[Tate & Cossman, 1898. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565625 on 2013-02-27.]
Species
The species within this genus include the following:
* ''
Chileutomia neozelanica''
(Powell, 1940)
* † ''
Chileutomia paulensis''
Lozouet, 1999
* † ''
Chileutomia subvaricosa''
(Tate & Cossman, 1898)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Chileutomia corallina''
(Hedley, 1912): synonym of ''
Oceanida corallina''
(Hedley, 1912).
References
* Lozouet, P., 1999. Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur d'Aquitaine (sud-ouest de la France). Partie 2. Cossmanniana 6(1-2): 1-68
External links
To World Register of Marine Species
Eulimidae
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