Plesiothyreus cytherae

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Plesiothyreus cytherae
Plesiothyreus cytherae (MNHN-IM-2000-32564).jpeg
Shell of Plesiothyreus cytherae (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Phenacolepadidae
Genus: Plesiothyreus
Species:
P. cytherae
Binomial name
Plesiothyreus cytherae
(Lesson, 1831)
Synonyms
  • Phenacolepas crenulata(Broderip, 1834)
  • Phenacolepas cytherae(Lesson, 1831)
  • Phenacolepas mirabilisG. B. Sowerby III, 1910
  • Phenacolepas nobilis(G. B. Sowerby III, 1905)
  • Pileopsis cytherae Lesson, 1831 (original combination)
  • Scutella crenulataBroderip, 1834 (probable synonym)
  • Scutellina nobilisG. B. Sowerby III, 1905

Plesiothyreus cytherae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phenacolepadidae. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 15.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Tahiti.

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References

  1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Plesiothyreus cytherae (Lesson, 1831). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1323144 on 2020-01-12