''Eurathea'' is a small genus 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 ...

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mollusks or

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Chrysallidini Chrysallidinae is a taxonomic group of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. Taxonomy Chrysallidinae has been one of eleven recognized subfamilies of the gastropod family Pyr ...

within the family Pyramidellidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Eurathea Laseron, 1959. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=608039 on 2020-11-16

Distribution

So far, species in this genus have been described from

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, Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands.

Life habits

Little is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As is true of most members of the Pyramidellidae '' sensu lato'', they are

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Species

Species within the genus ''Eurathea'' include: * '' Eurathea humerica'' Laseron, 1959 - type species, the type locality is

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, Australia. The length of the shell is 3.2 mm. * '' Eurathea rissoiformis'' Peñas & Rolán, 2017 * '' Eurathea solomonensis'' Peñas & Rolán, 2017

References

* Laseron, C. F. (1959). Family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from Northern Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 10(2): 177–267. * Peñas A. & Rolán E. (2017). Deep water Pyramidelloidea from the central and South Pacific. The tribe Chrysallidini. ECIMAT (Estación de Ciencias Mariñas de Toralla), Universidade de Vigo. 412 pp {{Taxonbar, from=Q5411071 Pyramidellidae