''Pareuthria'' 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 ...

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 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 ...

s in the

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Cominellidae The Cominellidae are taxonomic family of large sea snails in the superfamily Buccinoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Cominellidae Gray, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.ph ...

Distribution

Species of ''Pareuthria'' are found in waters off of

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and

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

Evolution

''Pareuthria'' is related to the genus '' Cominella'' found in New Zealand and

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. ''Pareuthria'' is currently recognised within the family

but it has also previously been referred to the alternative families

Buccinulidae The Tudiclidae are Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic subfamily (biology), family in the superfamily Buccinoidea of large sea snails, often known as whelks and the like.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Tudiclidae Cossmann, 1901. Accessed throu ...

and

Buccinidae The Buccinidae are a very large and diverse taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks or true whelks.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Buccinidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Ac ...

Species

Species within the genus ''Pareuthria'' include: * '' Pareuthria atrata'' (E. A. Smith, 1881) * '' Pareuthria chlorotica'' (Martens, 1878) * '' Pareuthria fuscata'' (Bruguière, 1789) * '' Pareuthria janseni'' (Strebel, 1905) * '' Pareuthria plicatula'' Thiele, 1912 * '' Pareuthria regulus'' (Watson, 1882) * '' Pareuthria rosea'' (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854) * '' Pareuthria turriformis'' Egorova, 1982 * ''

Pareuthria valdiviae ''Pareuthria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Cominellidae. Distribution Species of ''Pareuthria'' are found in waters off of New Zealand and Argentina. Evolution ''Pareuthria'' is related to ...

'' (Thiele, 1925) * '' Pareuthria venustula'' Strebel, 1905 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Pareuthria campbelli'' (Filhol, 1880): synonym of ''Pareuthria fuscata'' (Bruguière, 1789) * ''Pareuthria cerealis'' (Rochebrunne & Mabille, 1885): synonym of '' Argeneuthria cerealis'' (Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885) * ''Pareuthria hoshiaii'' Numanami, 1996: synonym of ''

Falsimohnia hoshiaii ''Falsimohnia hoshiaii'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae The Buccinidae are a very large and diverse taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks or true whelks.Bouchet, P.; Gofas ...

'' (Numanami, 1996) * ''Pareuthria innocens'' (Smith, 1907): synonym of ''

Falsimohnia innocens ''Falsimohnia innocens'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.Bouchet, P. (2015). Falsimohnia innocens (E. A. Smith, 1907). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of ...

'' (E. A. Smith, 1907) * ''Pareuthria magellanica'' (Phillippi, 1848): synonym of ''Pareuthria fuscata'' (Bruguière, 1789) * ''Pareuthria michaelseni'' (Strebel, 1905): synonym of '' Microdeuthria michaelseni'' (Strebel, 1905) * ''Pareuthria paessleri'' (Strebel, 1905): synonym of '' Argeneuthria paessleri'' (Strebel, 1905) * ''Pareuthria philippii'' (Strebel, 1905): synonym of '' Argeneuthria philippii'' (Strebel, 1905) * ''Pareuthria plumbea'' (Philippi, 1844): synonym of ''Pareuthria fuscata'' (Bruguière, 1789) * ''Pareuthria powelli'' Cernohorsky, 1977: synonym of '' Pareuthria atrata'' (E. A. Smith, 1881) * ''Pareuthria ringei'' (Strebel, 1905): synonym of ''Pareuthria atrata'' (E. A. Smith, 1881)

References

Cominellidae Gastropod genera {{Cominellidae-stub