''Eualetes'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

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 ...

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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 Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...

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Vermetidae The Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells, are a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha. The shells of species in the family Vermetidae are extremely irregular, and do n ...

, the worm snails or worm shells.

Species

Species within the genus ''Eualetes'' include: * ''

Eualetes centiquadrus ''Eualetes'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells. Species Species within the genus ''Eualetes'' include: * '' Eualetes centiquadrus'' (Valenciennes Valenciennes (, ...

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, 1846) * ''

Eualetes tulipa ''Eualetes tulipa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells. Description ''E. tulipa'' is a marine gastropod species of the family Vermetidae, commonly known as "worm snails ...

'' ( Chenu, 1843) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Eualetes tulipa'' ( Chenu, 1843): synonym of ''Eualetes tulipa'' (Rousseau in Chenu, 1843)

References

* Keen, A.M. (1971). ''Two new supraspecific taxa in the Gastropoda''. The Veliger, 13(3): 296 page(s): 296 Vermetidae {{Vermetidae-stub