''Eumetula'' is a
genus
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of minute
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,
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 ...
mollusc
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s in the subfamily Eumetulinae of the
family
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Newtoniellidae
Newtoniellidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the superfamily Triphoroidea
Triphoroidea is a superfamily of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs within the informal grou ...
.
[WoRMS (2011). Eumetula Thiele, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137767 on 27 June 2012]
Species
Species in the genus ''Eumetula'' include:
* ''
Eumetula albachiarae''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2014
* ''
Eumetula aliceae''
(Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896)
* ''
Eumetula arctica''
( Mörch, 1857)
* ''
Eumetula aureola''
(Powell, 1933)
* ''
Eumetula axicostulata''
(Castellanos, Rolán & Bartolotta, 1987)
* ''
Eumetula bia''
(Bartsch, 1915)
* ''
Eumetula bimarginata''
(C.B. Adams, 1852)
* ''
Eumetula bouvieri''
(Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896)
* ''
Eumetula brattegardi''
Høisæter, 2015
* ''
Eumetula dilecta''
Thiele, 1912
* ''
Eumetula eucosmia''
Bartsch, 1911
* ''
Eumetula intercalaris''
(Carpenter, 1865)
* ''
Eumetula macquariensis''
Tomlin, 1948
* ''
Eumetula michaelseni''
(Strebel, 1905)
* †''
Eumetula mourloni''
Briart and Cornet 1873
* ''
Eumetula ornata''
(Thiele, 1912)
* ''
Eumetula pulla''
(Philippi, 1845)
* ''
Eumetula strebeli''
(Thiele, 1912)
* ''
Eumetula striata''
Gulbin, 1982
* ''
Eumetula vicksburgella''
MacNeil in MacNeil & Dockery
* ''
Eumetula vitrea''
(Dall, 1927)
; Species brought into synonymy :
* ''Eumetula crystallina'' (Dall, 1881): synonym of ''
Varicopeza crystallina'' (Dall, 1881)
* ''Eumetula vitrea''
Tore Høisæter:
Tore Høisæter, The genus Eumetula (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Cerithiopsidae) in north European waters, with the description of a new species from the upper continental slope off Norway; Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Volume 91, Special Issue 02, 23 June 2010
synonym of ''Eumetula brattegardi'' Høisæter, 2015 (invalid: secondary junior homonym of ''Eumetula vitrea'' (Dall, 1927); ''E. brattegardi'' is a replacement name)
References
* Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
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* Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1993). ''Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Mesogastropoda.'' Bollettino Malacologico supplemento 3: 579-840
* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification''. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
* Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). ''All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia''. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
* Cecalupo, A., & Perugia, I., 2014. Cerithiopsidae and Newtoniellidae (Gastropoda: Triphoroidea Gray) from French Polynesia area (South Pacific Ocean). Novapex 15(1): 1-22
External links
Iredale, T. (1918). Molluscan nomenclatural problems and solutions.- No. 1. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 13(1-2): 28-40
Newtoniellidae
Gastropod genera
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