''Orbitestella'' is a
genus
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of
sea snails,
marine
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gastropod mollusk
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s in the
family
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Orbitestellidae
Orbitestellidae are a family of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the infraclassis Lower Heterobranchia
Lower Heterobranchia, also known as the Allogastropoda, is a group of rather specialized, highly evolved ...
.
[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
''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.marinespeci ...
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Raines, 2002
* ''
Orbitestella bastowi
''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.marinespeci ...
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(Gatliff, 1906)
* ''
Orbitestella bermudezi
''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.marinespeci ...
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(Aguayo & Borro, 1946)
* ''
Orbitestella cordarta
''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.marinespecies ...
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Rubio & Rolán, 2021
* ''
Orbitestella cubana
''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.marinespec ...
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Rolán & Rubio, 1992
* ''
Orbitestella dariae
''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.marinespeci ...
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(Liuzzi & Zucchi Stolfa, 1979)
* ''
Orbitestella decorata
''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.marinespecies ...
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Laseron, 1954
* ''
Orbitestella diegensis
''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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(Bartsch, 1907)
* † ''
Orbitestella dioi
''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.marinespecies ...
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Hybertsen & Kiel, 2018
* ''
Orbitestella ellenstrongae
''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.marinespeci ...
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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.marinespeci ...
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Rubio & Rolán, 2021
* ''
Orbitestella furtiva
''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.marinespecies ...
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Rolán, Rubio & Letourneux, 2020
* ''
Orbitestella gemmulata
''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.marinespe ...
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(W. H. Turton, 1932)
* † ''
Orbitestella granulata
''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.marinespec ...
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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.marinespeci ...
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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.marinespeci ...
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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.marinespeci ...
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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.marinespeci ...
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Rolán, Rubio & Letourneux, 2020
* ''
Orbitestella pacifica
''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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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.marinespeci ...
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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.marinespeci ...
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Rubio & Rolán, 2021
* ''
Orbitestella parva
''Orbitestella parva'' is a species of minute 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 wit ...
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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.marinespeci ...
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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.marinespeci ...
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Rubio & Rolán, 2021
* ''
Orbitestella perlata
''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.marinespecies ...
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(Pelseneer, 1903)
* † ''
Orbitestella planibasis
''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.marinespecies ...
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(Gougerot & Le Renard, 1978)
* † ''
Orbitestella plicatella
''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.marinespeci ...
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(Cossmann, 1888)
* † ''
Orbitestella ponderi
''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.marinespec ...
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Linse, 2002
* † ''
Orbitestella praehinemoa''
Laws, 1939
* ''
Orbitestella praetoreuma
''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.marinespeci ...
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Laws, 1939
* ''
Orbitestella pruinosa
''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.marinespeci ...
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Ortega & Gofas, 2019
* ''
Orbitestella radiata''
Rolán, Rubio & Letourneux, 2020
* ''
Orbitestella regina
''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.marinespeci ...
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Kay, 1979
* ''
Orbitestella sarsi
''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.marinespeci ...
''
(Bush, 1897)
* ''
Orbitestella similis''
Rolán & Rubio, 1992
* ''
Orbitestella toreuma
''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.marinespeci ...
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Powell, 1930
* ''
Orbitestella vanuatuensis
''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.marinespeci ...
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Rubio & Rolán, 2021
* ''
Orbitestella wareni
''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.marinespec ...
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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 Re ...
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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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Orbitestellidae