''Eocithara'' is an extinct
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sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusk
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Harpidae
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[MolluscaBase (2018). ''Eocithara'' P. Fischer, 1883. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=828189 on 2019-01-13]
Species
Species within the genus ''Eocithara'' include:
* † ''
Eocithara elegans''
(Deshayes, 1835)
* † ''
Eocithara eucosmia''
Merle & Pacaud, 2004
* † ''
Eocithara helenae''
Merle & Pacaud, 2004
* † ''
Eocithara jacksonensis''
(G. D. Harris, 1896)
* † ''
Eocithara lamellifera''
(Tate, 1889)
* † ''
Eocithara mutica''
(Lamarck, 1803)
* † ''
Eocithara rosenkrantzi''
Merle & Pacaud, 2004
* † ''
Eocithara submutica''
(d'Orbigny, 1852)
* † ''
Eocithara waihaoensis''
Laws, 1935
References
* Cossmann (M.) & Pissarro (G.), 1913 Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris, t. 2, p. pl. 46-65
* Laws, C. R. (1935). New Eocene Mollusca from New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 65: 23-29.
* Termier (H.) & Termier (G.), 1960 Paléontologie stratigraphique. Quatrième fascicule: Eocène-Oligocène-Miocène-Pliocène- Quaternaire et index général, p. 359-512
* Le Renard (J.) & Pacaud (J.-M.), 1995 Révision des Mollusques paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. 2 - Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana, t. 3, vol. 3, p. 65-132
* Merle (D.) & Pacaud (J.-M.), 2004 New species of Eocithara Fischer, 1883 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Harpidae) from the Early Paleogene with phylogenetic analysis of the Harpidae. Geodiversitas, t. 26, vol. 1, p. 61-87
External links
Fischer P. (1880-1887). Manuel de Conchyliologie et de Paléontologie Conchyliologique. Paris, Savy pp. XXIV + 1369 + pl. 23.Rehder H.A. (1973). The family Harpidae of the world. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(16) : 207-274Merle D. & Pacaud J.-M. (2004). New species of Eocithara Fischer, 1883 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Harpidae) from the Early Paleogene with phylogenetic analysis of the Harpidae. Geodiversitas. 26(1) : 61-87
Gastropods described in 1883
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