''Albunea'' is a genus of

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''. The genus ''Albunea'' contains the following species: *'' Albunea asymmetrica'' (Müller, 1979) † *'' Albunea bulla'' Boyko, 2002 *'' Albunea carabus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *'' Albunea catherinae'' Boyko, 2002 *'' Albunea cuisiana'' Beschin & De Angeli, 1984 † *'' Albunea danai'' Boyko, 1999 *'' Albunea elegans'' A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1898 *'' Albunea elioti'' Benedict, 1904 *'' Albunea galapagensis'' Boyko, 2002 *'' Albunea gibbesii'' Stimpson, 1859 *'' Albunea groeningi'' Boyko, 2002 *'' Albunea hahnae'' Blow & Manning, 1996 † *'' Albunea holthuisi'' Boyko & Harvey, 1999 *'' Albunea lucasia'' de Saussure, 1853 *'' Albunea marquisiana'' Boyko, 2000 *'' Albunea microps'' Miers, 1878 *'' Albunea occulta'' Boyko, 2002 *'' Albunea okinawaensis'' Osawa & Fujita, 2007 *'' Albunea paretii'' Guérin-Méneville, 1853 *'' Albunea speciosa'' Dana, 1852 *''

Albunea steinitzi The Tiburtine Sibyl or Albunea was a Roman sibyl, whose seat was the ancient Etruscan town of Tibur (modern Tivoli). The mythic meeting of Cæsar Augustus with the Sibyl, of whom he inquired whether he should be worshiped as a god, was ofte ...

'' Holthuis, 1958 *'' Albunea symmysta'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *'' Albunea thurstoni'' Henderson, 1893 *'' Albunea turritellacola'' Fraaije, van Bakel & Jagt, 2008 †

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