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Species

Species in the genus ''Eumetula'' include: * '' Eumetula albachiarae'' Cecalupo & Perugia, 2014 * '' Eumetula aliceae'' (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896) * '' Eumetula arctica'' ( Mörch, 1857) * '' Eumetula aureola'' (Powell, 1933) * '' Eumetula axicostulata'' (Castellanos, Rolán & Bartolotta, 1987) * '' Eumetula bia'' (Bartsch, 1915) * '' Eumetula bimarginata'' (C.B. Adams, 1852) * ''

Eumetula bouvieri ''Eumetula bouvieri'' is a species of sea snail, a gastropod in the family Newtoniellidae, which is known from European waters. It was described by Dautzenberg and Fischer H., in 1896.Eumetula brattegardi'' Høisæter, 2015 * '' Eumetula dilecta'' Thiele, 1912 * '' Eumetula eucosmia'' Bartsch, 1911 * '' Eumetula intercalaris'' (Carpenter, 1865) * '' Eumetula macquariensis'' Tomlin, 1948 * '' Eumetula michaelseni'' (Strebel, 1905) * †'' Eumetula mourloni'' Briart and Cornet 1873 * '' Eumetula ornata'' (Thiele, 1912) * '' Eumetula pulla'' (Philippi, 1845) * '' Eumetula strebeli'' (Thiele, 1912) * '' Eumetula striata'' Gulbin, 1982 * '' Eumetula vicksburgella'' MacNeil in MacNeil & Dockery * '' Eumetula vitrea'' (Dall, 1927) ; Species brought into synonymy : * ''Eumetula crystallina'' (Dall, 1881): synonym of '' Varicopeza crystallina'' (Dall, 1881) * ''Eumetula vitrea'' Tore Høisæter:Tore Høisæter, The genus Eumetula (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Cerithiopsidae) in north European waters, with the description of a new species from the upper continental slope off Norway; Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Volume 91, Special Issue 02, 23 June 2010
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 *
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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

External links

Iredale, T. (1918). Molluscan nomenclatural problems and solutions.- No. 1. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 13(1-2): 28-40
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