''Vitreolina'' is a
genus
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of very small
parasitic
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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
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s or
micromollusk
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s in the
Eulimidae
Eulimidae is a family of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Vanikoroidea.
Description
These small parasitic snails live on (or in some cases in) the bodies of echinoderms such as sea cucumbers, se ...
family
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.
This genus was first described by
Monterosato in 1884. He proposed it as a section in the family Eulimidae for some of the Mediterranean species. It contains the small vitreous species without internal varices,
with curved
spire
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and slightly obtuse
apex
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Abomination
Absorbing Man
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Abyss
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Species
Species within the genus ''Vitreolina'' include:
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Vitreolina alayoi''
Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2001
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Vitreolina antiflexa''
Monterosato, 1884
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Vitreolina arcuata''
C. B. Adams, 1850
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Vitreolina aurata''
Hirase, 1920
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Vitreolina bermudezi''
Pilsbry & Aguayo, 1933
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Vitreolina chondrocidaricola''
Warén, B. L. Burch & T. A. Burch, 1984
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Vitreolina cionella''
Monterosato, 1878
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Vitreolina colini''
Espinosa & Ortea, 2006
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Vitreolina columbiana''
Bartsch, 1917
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Vitreolina commensalis''
Tate, 1898
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Vitreolina conica''
C. B. Adams, 1850
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Vitreolina curva''
Monterosato, 1874
* ''
Vitreolina drangai''
(Hertlein & Strong, 1951)
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Vitreolina edwardsi''
Cotton & Godfrey, 1932
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Vitreolina hawaiiensis''
Warén, B. L. Burch & T. A. Burch, 1984
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Vitreolina inconspicua''
Turton, 1932
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Vitreolina incurva''
Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883 (
Type taxon)
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Vitreolina knudseni''
Bouchet & Warén, 1986
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Vitreolina macra
''Vitreolina'' is a genus of very small parasitic
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives (at least some of the time) on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, an ...
''
Bartsch, 1917
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Vitreolina maracuya''
Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2001
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Vitreolina parfaiti''
de Folin, 1887
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Vitreolina perminima''
Jeffreys, 1883
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Vitreolina philippi''
de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854
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Vitreolina rhaeba''
Melvill, 1906
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Vitreolina subconica''
E. A. Smith, 1890
* ''
Vitreolina titubans''
Berry, 1956
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Vitreolina wareni''
Rehder, 1980
*''
Vitreolina yod''
Carpenter, 1857
;Species brought into synonymy:
*''Vitreolina akauni''
Habe, 1952: synonym of ''
Eulitoma akauni''
(Habe, 1952)
* ''Vitreolina dautzenbergi''
(Pallary, 1900): synonym of ''
Curveulima dautzenbergi''
(Pallary, 1900)
* ''Vitreolina devians''
Monterosato, 1884: synonym of ''
Curveulima devians''
(Monterosato, 1884)
* ''Vitreolina incurvata''
ic synonym of ''Vitreolina incurva''
(Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883)
*''Vitreolina levantina''
Oliverio, Buzzurro & Villa, 1994: synonym of ''
Melanella levantina''
(Oliverio, Buzzurro & Villa, 1994)
*''Vitreolina nishimurai''
Habe, 1958 : synonym of ''
Eulitoma nishimurai''
(Habe, 1958)
* ''Vitreolina petitiana''
(Brusina, 1869): synonym of ''
Melanella petitiana''
(Brusina, 1869)
* ''Vitreolina philippii''
(Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854): synonym of ''Vitreolina philippi''
(de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854)
; Taxon inquirendum:
* ''Vitreolina kowiensis''
(Turton, 1932)
References
Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). ''Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee''. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp
External links
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Marine Species Identification Portal
Eulimidae
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