Eumetula

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Eumetula
Eumetula albachiarae (MNHN-IM-2000-26491).jpeg
Shell of Eumetula albachiarae (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Suborder: Ptenoglossa
Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Newtoniellidae
Genus: Eumetula
Thiele, 1912
Type species
Eumeta dilecta Thiele, 1912
Synonyms[1]
  • Eumeta Mörch, 1868 (Invalid: junior homonym of Eumeta Walker, 1855 [Lepidoptera]; Laskeya is a replacement name)
  • Laskeya Iredale, 1918

Eumetula is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Eumetulinae of the family Newtoniellidae.[1]

Species[]

Species in the genus Eumetula include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Eumetula crystallina (Dall, 1881): synonym of Varicopeza crystallina (Dall, 1881)
  • Eumetula vitrea Tore Høisæter:[5] synonym of Eumetula brattegardi Høisæter, 2015 (invalid: secondary junior homonym of Eumetula vitrea (Dall, 1927); E. brattegardi is a replacement name)

References[]

  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • "Eumetula". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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  • Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1993). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Mesogastropoda. Bollettino Malacologico supplemento 3: 579-840
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
  • Cecalupo, A., & Perugia, I., 2014. Cerithiopsidae and Newtoniellidae (Gastropoda: Triphoroidea Gray) from French Polynesia area (South Pacific Ocean). Novapex 15(1): 1-22

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