''Orbitestella'' is a
genus
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of
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 ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Orbitestellidae
Orbitestellidae are a family (biology), family of minuscule sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the infraclassis Lower Heterobranchia.
Genera
Genera within the family Orbitestellidae include:
* ''Absonus'' R ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Orbitestella Iredale, 1917. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138295 on 2021-07-04]
Species
* ''
Orbitestella aequicostata''
Raines, 2002
* ''
Orbitestella bastowi''
(Gatliff, 1906)
* ''
Orbitestella bermudezi''
(Aguayo & Borro, 1946)
* ''
Orbitestella cordarta''
Rubio & Rolán, 2021
* ''
Orbitestella cubana''
Rolán & Rubio, 1992
* ''
Orbitestella dariae''
(Liuzzi & Zucchi Stolfa, 1979)
* ''
Orbitestella decorata''
Laseron, 1954
* ''
Orbitestella diegensis''
(Bartsch, 1907)
* † ''
Orbitestella dioi''
Hybertsen & Kiel, 2018
* ''
Orbitestella ellenstrongae''
Rubio & Rolán, 2021
* ''
Orbitestella fijiensis
''Orbitestella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Orbitestellidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Orbitestella Iredale, 1917. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecie ...
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Rubio & Rolán, 2021
* ''
Orbitestella furtiva''
Rolán, Rubio & Letourneux, 2020
* ''
Orbitestella gemmulata''
(W. H. Turton, 1932)
* † ''
Orbitestella granulata''
Lozouet, 1998
* ''
Orbitestella hinemoa
''Orbitestella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Orbitestellidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Orbitestella Iredale, 1917. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecie ...
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Mestayer, 1919
* ''
Orbitestella marquesensis
''Orbitestella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Orbitestellidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Orbitestella Iredale, 1917. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecie ...
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Rubio & Rolán, 2021
* ''
Orbitestella media
''Orbitestella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Orbitestellidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Orbitestella Iredale, 1917. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecie ...
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Rubio & Rolán, 2021
* ''
Orbitestella nova
''Orbitestella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Orbitestellidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Orbitestella Iredale, 1917. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecie ...
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Rolán, Rubio & Letourneux, 2020
* ''
Orbitestella pacifica
''Orbitestella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Orbitestellidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Orbitestella Iredale, 1917. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecie ...
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Rubio & Rolán, 2021
* † ''
Orbitestella palaiopacifica
''Orbitestella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Orbitestellidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Orbitestella Iredale, 1917. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecie ...
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Squires & Goedert, 1996
* ''
Orbitestella papuaensis
''Orbitestella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Orbitestellidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Orbitestella Iredale, 1917. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecie ...
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Rubio & Rolán, 2021
* ''
Orbitestella parva
''Orbitestella parva'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Orbitestellidae.
Description
The vitreous-white, very minute shell has a discoidal shape and a flat spire. The shell is smooth and perforate with s ...
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(Finlay, 1924)
* ''
Orbitestella patagonica
''Orbitestella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Orbitestellidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Orbitestella Iredale, 1917. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecie ...
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Simone & Zelaya, 2004
* ''
Orbitestella peculiaris
''Orbitestella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Orbitestellidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Orbitestella Iredale, 1917. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecie ...
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Rubio & Rolán, 2021
* ''
Orbitestella perlata''
(Pelseneer, 1903)
* † ''
Orbitestella planibasis''
(Gougerot & Le Renard, 1978)
* † ''
Orbitestella plicatella''
(Cossmann, 1888)
* † ''
Orbitestella ponderi''
Linse, 2002
* † ''
Orbitestella praehinemoa''
Laws, 1939
* ''
Orbitestella praetoreuma''
Laws, 1939
* ''
Orbitestella pruinosa''
Ortega & Gofas, 2019
* ''
Orbitestella radiata''
Rolán, Rubio & Letourneux, 2020
* ''
Orbitestella regina''
Kay, 1979
* ''
Orbitestella sarsi''
(Bush, 1897)
* ''
Orbitestella similis''
Rolán & Rubio, 1992
* ''
Orbitestella toreuma''
Powell, 1930
* ''
Orbitestella vanuatuensis''
Rubio & Rolán, 2021
* ''
Orbitestella wareni
''Orbitestella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Orbitestellidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Orbitestella Iredale, 1917. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Sp ...
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Ponder, 1990
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Orbitestella mayii''
(Tate, 1899): synonym of ''
Microcarina mayii
''Microcarina mayii'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.Marshall, B. (2013). ''Microcarina mayii'' (Tate, 1899). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species
The World ...
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(Tate, 1899)
* ''Orbitestella vera''
Powell, 1940: synonym of ''Orbitestella parva''
(Finlay, 1924)
References
* Magne A. & Vergneau-Saubade A.M. (1973). Le gisement stampien de Bruges (Gironde). Mollusques. Bulletin de l'Institut Géologique du Bassin d'Aquitaine. 14: 111-116.
* Ponder, W. F. (1967). The classification of the Rissoidae and Orbitestellidae with descriptions of some new taxa. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Zoology. 9(17): 193-224, pls 1-13.
* Ponder, W.F. (1990). The anatomy and relationships of the Orbitestellidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 56: 515-532
External links
Iredale, T. (1917). Molluscan name-changes, generic and specific. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 12(6): 322-330Ortega, J.; Gofas, S. (2019). The unknown bathyal of the Canaries: new species and new records of deep-sea Mollusca. Zoosystema.41(26): 513-551.
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