''Euparthenia'' is a
subgenus
In biology, a subgenus ( subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.
In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between the ge ...
[WoRMS (2009). ''Kleinella'' (''Euparthenia'') Thiele, 1931. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138405 on 2010-09-16] 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,
pyramidellid 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
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s, or
micromollusk
A micromollusc is a shelled mollusc which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine molluscs, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater molluscs also ...
s in the subfamily
Turbonillinae.
The name ''Euparthenia'' is a replacement name for ''
Parthenia Parthenia may refer to:
*Parthenia (music)
''Parthenia or the Maydenhead of the first musicke that ever was printed for the Virginalls'' was, as the title states, the first printed collection of music for keyboard in England. 'Virginals' was ...
'' Lowe, 1841 not Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830.
The genus ''Euparthenia'' contains both
Recent
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and
fossil
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species.
Shell description
The original description by
Johannes Thiele Johannes Thiele may refer to:
*Johannes Thiele (zoologist)
*Johannes Thiele (chemist)
{{hndis, Thiele, Johannes ...
(in English translation) is as follows: "Shell non-umbilicate, moderately
turriculate, with spiral rings and ribs; columellar fold distinct.
''Kleinella'' (''E.'') ''bulinea'' (Lowe). A couple of species in the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean."
The description of the type species by
Richard Thomas Lowe
Richard Thomas Lowe (1802–1874) was an English botanist, ichthyologist, malacologist, and clergyman. In 1825 he graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge, and in the same year he took holy orders. In 1832 he became a clergyman in the Madeira ...
(1841)
reads:
"PARTHENIA BULINEA. P. testa subcylindaceo-attenuata, oblongiscula, juniore ovato-tereti: anfractibus planis, elegantissime reticulato-cancellatis, striis spiralibus crebris aequidistantibus, transversas aequidistantes decussantibus; sutura distincta impressa: columella postice torta, uniplicata. a. subventricosa."
Life habits
Little is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As is true of most members of the
Pyramidellidae
Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs. The great majority of species of pyrams are micromol ...
''
sensu lato
''Sensu'' is a Latin word meaning "in the sense of". It is used in a number of fields including biology, geology, linguistics, semiotics, and law. Commonly it refers to how strictly or loosely an expression is used in describing any particular co ...
'', they are most likely to be
ectoparasite
Parasitism is a Symbiosis, close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives (at least some of the time) on or inside another organism, the Host (biology), host, causing it some harm, and is Adaptation, adapted str ...
s.
Species
Species within the genus ''Euparthenia'' include:
* ''
Euparthenia bulinea'' (Lowe, 1841) - type species, as ''Parthenia bulinea''
* ''
Euparthenia elegans''
* ''
Euparthenia humboldti
''Euparthenia humboldti'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.Gofas, S. (2012). ''Euparthenia humboldti'' (Risso, 1826). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...
'' (Risso, 1926)
* ''
Euparthenia nordmanni'' Sorgenfrei, 1958
References
This article incorporates public domain text from references
* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.
* 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
External links
''Euparthenia bulinea'' distribution''Euparthenia bulinea'' image
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Pyramidellidae
Gastropod subgenera