''Euparthenia'' is a
subgenus
In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.
In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between t ...
[WoRMS (2009). ''Kleinella'' (''Euparthenia'') Thiele, 1931. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138405 on 2010-09-16] of very small
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s,
pyramidellid gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks, or
micromollusk
A micromollusk is a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine mollusks, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater mollusks also ...
s in the subfamily
Turbonillinae.
The name ''Euparthenia'' is a replacement name for ''
Parthenia Parthenia may refer to:
*Parthenia (music), the first printed collection of music for keyboard in England
* Parthenia (Mauretania), a town and bishopric in the Roman province of Mauretania Sitifensis
* Parthenia (Paphlagonia), a town of ancient Pap ...
'' Lowe, 1841 not Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830.
The genus ''Euparthenia'' contains both
Recent
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and
fossil species.
Shell description
The original description by
Johannes Thiele Johannes Thiele may refer to:
*Johannes Thiele (zoologist)
*Johannes Thiele (chemist)
{{hndis, Thiele, Johannes ...
(in English translation) is as follows: "Shell non-umbilicate, moderately