Agatha (gastropod)

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Agatha
Agatha obesa (MNHN-IM-2000-32407).jpeg
Shell of Agatha obesa (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Subcohort: Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Agatha
A. Adams, 1860 [1]
Type species
Agatha virgo
A. Adams, 1860
Species

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Synonyms
  • AmathisA. Adams, 1861 (objective synonym)
  • Pyramidella (Agatha)A. Adams, 1860

Agatha is a small genus of minute sea snails or marine gastropod mollusks within the subfamily Syrnolinae, which is a part of the family Pyramidellidae. [2]

Contents

They have bilateral symmetry and only have endoderm and ectoderm tissues.[ citation needed ]

The species of this genus are ectoparasites on other invertebrates.

Distribution

Species

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. Adams A. (1860). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3)6: 422.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Agatha A. Adams, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599126 on 2012-08-27