Hortia (gastropod)

Hortia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Mitroidea
Family:	Pyramimitridae
Genus:	Hortia Lozouet, 1999
Type species
†Hortia arriuensis Lozouet, 1999
Species
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Hortia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pyramimitridae, the mitre snails. ^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Hortia include:

• Hortia aotearoa Kantor, Lozouet, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2014
• † Hortia arriuensis Lozouet, 1999
• Hortia macrocephala Kantor, Lozouet, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2014
• Hortia marshalli Kantor, Lozouet, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2014
• Hortia paradrillia Kantor, Lozouet, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2014
• Hortia pseudotaranis Kantor, Lozouet, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2014
• Hortia solitaria Kantor, Lozouet, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2014
• Hortia spenceri Kantor, Lozouet, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2014

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hortia Lozouet, 1999. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=746700 on 2021-03-08

• Lozouet P. (1999). Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur d'Aquitaine (sud-ouest de la France). Partie 2. Cossmanniana. 6: 1-68.
• Kantor Y., Lozouet P., Puillandre N. & Bouchet P. (2014) Lost and found: The Eocene family Pyramimitridae (Neogastropoda) discovered in the Recent fauna of the Indo-Pacific. Zootaxa 3754(3): 239–276

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