''Parviturbo'' is a
genus
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of minute
sea snail
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s,
marine
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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 ...
mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
s in the
family
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Skeneidae
The Skeneidae are a speciose family of minute to small marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Skeneidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php ...
.
Description
The very small, solid shell is perforate or has a narrow
umbilicus. It contains a few convex
whorl
A whorl ( or ) is an individual circle, oval, volution or equivalent in a whorled pattern, which consists of a spiral or multiple concentric objects (including circles, ovals and arcs).
Whorls in nature
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s. The
protoconch
A protoconch (meaning first or earliest or original shell) is an embryonic or larval shell which occurs in some classes of molluscs, e.g., the initial chamber of an ammonite or the larval shell of a gastropod. In older texts it is also called ...
consists of one or two smooth whorls. The turbinate or globoso-conic shell shows numerous subequal spiral cords with in their intervals well developed or weak cross threads. The dentition of the
radula
The radula (, ; plural radulae or radulas) is an anatomical structure used by molluscs for feeding, sometimes compared to a tongue. It is a minutely toothed, chitinous ribbon, which is typically used for scraping or cutting food before the food ...
is rhipidoglossate.
[Pilsbry & Olsson, Vitrinellidae and Similar Gastropods of the Panamic Province. Part I; Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 97, (1945), pp. 249-278]
Species
Species within the genus ''Parviturbo'' include:
* ''
Parviturbo acuticostatus''
(Carpenter, 1864)
* ''
Parviturbo agulhasensis
''Parviturbo'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae.
Description
The very small, solid shell is perforate or has a narrow umbilicus. It contains a few convex whorls. The protoconch consists of one o ...
''
(Thiele, 1925)
* ''
Parviturbo alboranensis''
Peñas & Rolán, 2006
* ''
Parviturbo alfredensis''
(Bartsch, 1915)
* ''
Parviturbo annejoffeae''
Rubio, Rolán & Lee, 2015
* ''
Parviturbo azoricus''
Rubio, Rolán & Segers, 2015
* ''
Parviturbo billfranki
''Parviturbo'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae.
Description
The very small, solid shell is perforate or has a narrow umbilicus. It contains a few convex whorls. The protoconch consists of one o ...
''
Rubio, Rolán & Lee, 2015
* ''
Parviturbo boucheti''
Rubio, Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 2015
* ''
Parviturbo brasiliensis''
Rubio, Rolán & Lee, 2015
* ''
Parviturbo comptus''
(Woodring, 1928)
* ''
Parviturbo copiosus''
Pilsbry & Olsson, 1945
* ''
Parviturbo dibellai''
Buzzurro & Cecalupo, 2007
* ''
Parviturbo dengyanzhangi''
Rubio, Rolán & Lee, 2015
* ''
Parviturbo dispar''
Rubio, Rolán & Letourneux, 2015
* † ''
Parviturbo elegantulus''
(Philippi, 1844)
* ''
Parviturbo ergasticus''
Rubio, Rolán & Gofas, 2015
* ''
Parviturbo fenestratus''
(Chaster, 1896)
* ''
Parviturbo fortius''
Rubio, Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 2015
* ''
Parviturbo gofasi
''Parviturbo'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae.
Description
The very small, solid shell is perforate or has a narrow umbilicus. It contains a few convex whorls. The protoconch consists of one o ...
''
Rubio, Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 2015
* ''
Parviturbo germanus
''Parviturbo germanus'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.Pilsbry & Olsson (1945), Vitrinellidae and Similar Gastropods of the Panamic Province. Part I; Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sci ...
''
Pilsbry & Olsson, 1945
* ''
Parviturbo granulum
''Parviturbo granulum'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Parviturbo granulum'' (Dall, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/ ...
''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''
Parviturbo guadeloupensis''
Rubio, Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 2015
* ''
Parviturbo insularis''
Rolán, 1988
* ''
Parviturbo javiercondei''
Rubio, Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 2015
* ''
Parviturbo laevisculptus''
Renda, Raveggi, Bartolini, Micali & Giacobbe, 2019
* ''
Parviturbo marcosi''
Rubio, Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 2015
* † ''
Parviturbo maturensis''
Jung, 1969
* ''
Parviturbo multispiralis''
Rubio, Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 2015
* ''
Parviturbo parvissima''
(Hedley, 1899)
* ''
Parviturbo pombali''
Rubio, Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 2015
* ''
Parviturbo rectangularis''
Rubio, Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 2015
* ''
Parviturbo rehderi''
Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945
* ''
Parviturbo robustior''
Rubio, Rolán & Lee, 2015
* ''
Parviturbo rolani''
Engl, 2001
* ''
Parviturbo seamountensis''
Rubio, Rolán & Gofas, 2015
* ''
Parviturbo sola''
(Barnard, 1963)
* † ''
Parviturbo sphaeroideus''
(S. V. Wood, 1842)
* ''
Parviturbo stearnsii''
(Dall, 1918)
* ''
Parviturbo tuberculosus''
(d'Orbigny, 1842)
* ''
Parviturbo vanuatuensis''
Rubio, Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 2015
* † ''
Parviturbo venezuelensis''
Weisbord, 1962
* ''
Parviturbo weberi''
Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945
* ''
Parviturbo zylmanae''
Rubio, Rolán & Lee, 2015
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Parviturbo bellus''
Dall, 1889: synonym of ''
Fossarus bellus
''Fossarus bellus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Planaxidae.
Distribution
Description
The maximum recorded shell
Shell may refer to:
Architecture and design
* Shell (structure), a thin structure
** ...
''
Dall, 1889
* ''Parviturbo calidimaris''
Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945: synonym of ''
Haplocochlias calidimaris''
(Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945)
* ''Parviturbo concepcionensis''
(Lowe, 1935): synonym of ''
Haplocochlias concepcionensis''
(Lowe, 1933)
* ''Parviturbo copiosus''
Pilsbry & Olsson, 1945: synonym of ''
Parviturboides copiosus''
(Pilsbry & Olsson, 1945) (original combination)
* ''Parviturbo decussatus''
(Carpenter, 1857): synonym of ''
Parviturboides decussatus''
(Carpenter, 1857)''
* ''Parviturbo dibellai''
Buzzurro & Cecalupo, 2007: synonym of ''Fossarus eutorniscus''
Melvill, 1918: synonym of ''
Conradia eutornisca''
(Melvill, 1918)
* ''Parviturbo erici''
(Strong & Hertlein, 1939): synonym of ''
Haplocochlias erici''
(Strong & Hertlein, 1939)
* ''Parviturbo francesae''
Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945: synonym of ''
Haplocochlias francesae''
(Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945)
* ''Parviturbo germanus''
Pilsbry & Olsson, 1945: synonym of ''
Parviturboides germanus''
(Pilsbry & Olsson, 1945) (original combination)
* † ''Parviturbo lecointreae''
(Dollfus & Dautzenberg, 1899): synonym of † ''
Pareuchelus lecointreae''
(Dollfus & Dautzenberg, 1899) (superseded combination)
* ''Parviturbo parvissimus'' (Hedley, 1899): synonym of ''
Lophocochlias parvissimus''
(Hedley, 1899)
* ''Parviturbo turbinus''
(Dall, 1889):
synonym of ''
Haplocochlias turbinus
''Haplocochlias turbinus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.Gofas, S. (2013). ''Haplocochlias turbinus'' (Dall, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.o ...
''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''Parviturbo zacalles''
Mazyck, 1913: synonym of ''
Parviturboides interruptus''
(C. B. Adams, 1850)
References
Pilsbry H.A. & McGinty T.L. (1945). "Cyclostrematidae" and Vitrinellidae of Florida. I. Nautilus, 59(1): 1-13, pl. 1-2; II, Nautilus, 59(2): 52-60, pl. 6* 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
* Rolán E., 2005.'' Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.''
* 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
* Rubio F., Rolán E. & Fernández-Garcés R. (2015). Revision of the genera Parviturbo and Pseudorbis (Gastropoda, Skeneidae). Iberus. 33(2): 167-259
External links
Pilsbry, H. A. & McGinty, T. L. (1945). Cyclostrematidae and Vitrinellidae of Florida- I. The Nautilus. 59(1): 1-13, pls 1-2
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