Enaeta

Enaeta
	Enaeta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Volutidae
Subfamily:	Volutinae
Genus:	Enaeta; H. & A. Adams, 1853
Synonyms
	Lyria (Enaeta) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

Enaeta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.^[1]

Description[]

The small shell has an ovate to fusiform shape. The protoconch is small and smooth. The teleoconch is covered with axial ribs. There is a conspicuous tooth-like blunt nodule on the midpoint of the outer lip. The radula is uniserial with an interlocking central cusp.^[1]

Distribution[]

This species occurs from the Caribbean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean south to Brazil and Fernando de Noronha Islands.

Species[]

Species within the genus Enaeta include:

Enaeta barnesii (Gray, 1825)^[2]
Enaeta cumingii (Broderip, 1832)^[3]
Enaeta cylleniformis (Sowerby I, 1844)^[4]
Enaeta guildingii (Sowerby I, 1844)^[5]
Enaeta leonardhilli Petuch, 1982^[6]
Enaeta reevei (Dall, 1907)^[7]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Enaeta H. & A. Adams, 1853. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 August 2012.
^ Enaeta barnesii (Gray, 1825). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
^ Enaeta cumingii (Broderip, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
^ Enaeta cylleniformis (Sowerby I, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
^ Enaeta guildingii (Sowerby I, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
^ Enaeta leonardhilli Petuch, 1982. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
^ Enaeta reevei (Dall, 1907). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl

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[WoRMS-1] Enaeta H. & A. Adams, 1853. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 August 2012.

[2] Enaeta barnesii (Gray, 1825). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

[3] Enaeta cumingii (Broderip, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

[4] Enaeta cylleniformis (Sowerby I, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

[5] Enaeta guildingii (Sowerby I, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

[6] Enaeta leonardhilli Petuch, 1982. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

[7] Enaeta reevei (Dall, 1907). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

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