Eurathea

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Eurathea
Eurathea rissoiformis (MNHN-IM-2000-32186).jpeg
Shell of Eurathea rissoiformis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Subcohort: Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Eurathea
Laseron, 1959 [1]
Type species
Eurathea humericaLaseron, 1959

Eurathea is a small genus of very small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the tribe Chrysallidini within the family Pyramidellidae. [2]

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Distribution

So far, species in this genus have been described from Australia, Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands.

Life habits

Little is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As is true of most members of the Pyramidellidae sensu lato , they are ectoparasites.

Species

Species within the genus Eurathea include:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Laseron C. F. (1959). "Family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from Northern Australia". Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research . 10 (2): 177–267. doi:10.1071/MF9590177.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Eurathea Laseron, 1959. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=608039 on 2020-11-16