Vitreolina

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Vitreolina
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Drawing of a shell of Vitreolina perminima
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Vitreolina
Monterosato, 1884
Type species
Eulima incurvaBucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883
Synonyms
  • Balcis (Vitreolina)Monterosato, 1884
  • Eulima (Vitreolina)Monterosato, 1884

Vitreolina is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the Eulimidae family. [1]

Contents

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 and slightly obtuse apex.

Species

Species within the genus Vitreolina include: [1]

Species brought into synonymy
Taxon inquirendum

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References

  1. 1 2 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Vitreolina Monterosato, 1884". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 16 August 2013.