''Vitreolina'' is a
genus of very small
parasitic sea snail
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s,
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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 ...
mollusks or
micromollusk
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s in the
Eulimidae family.
This genus was first described by
Monterosato in 1884. He proposed it as a section in the family Eulimidae for some of the Mediterranean species. It contains the small vitreous species without internal varices,
with curved
spire and slightly obtuse
apex.
Species
Species within the genus ''Vitreolina'' include:
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Vitreolina alayoi''
Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2001
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Vitreolina antiflexa''
Monterosato, 1884
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Vitreolina arcuata''
C. B. Adams, 1850
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Vitreolina aurata''
Hirase, 1920
*''
Vitreolina bermudezi''
Pilsbry & Aguayo, 1933
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Vitreolina chondrocidaricola
''Vitreolina'' is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the Eulimidae family.
This genus was first described by Monterosato in 1884. He proposed it as a section in the family Eulimidae f ...
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Warén, B. L. Burch & T. A. Burch, 1984
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Vitreolina cionella''
Monterosato, 1878
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Vitreolina colini''
Espinosa & Ortea, 2006
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Vitreolina columbiana
''Vitreolina'' is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the Eulimidae family.
This genus was first described by Monterosato in 1884. He proposed it as a section in the family Eulimidae f ...
''
Bartsch, 1917
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Vitreolina commensalis
''Vitreolina'' is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the Eulimidae family.
This genus was first described by Monterosato in 1884. He proposed it as a section in the family Eulimidae f ...
''
Tate, 1898
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Vitreolina conica
''Vitreolina'' is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the Eulimidae family.
This genus was first described by Monterosato in 1884. He proposed it as a section in the family Eulimidae f ...
''
C. B. Adams, 1850
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Vitreolina curva
''Vitreolina curva'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of a number within the genus '' Vitreolina ''.Gofas, S. (2014). Vitreolina curva (Monterosato, 1874). Accessed through: World R ...
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Monterosato, 1874
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Vitreolina drangai
''Vitreolina'' is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the Eulimidae family.
This genus was first described by Monterosato in 1884. He proposed it as a section in the family Eulimidae f ...
''
(Hertlein & Strong, 1951)
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Vitreolina edwardsi
''Vitreolina'' is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the Eulimidae family.
This genus was first described by Monterosato in 1884. He proposed it as a section in the family Eulimidae f ...
''
Cotton & Godfrey, 1932
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Vitreolina hawaiiensis
''Vitreolina'' is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the Eulimidae family.
This genus was first described by Monterosato in 1884. He proposed it as a section in the family Eulimidae f ...
''
Warén, B. L. Burch & T. A. Burch, 1984
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Vitreolina inconspicua
''Vitreolina'' is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the Eulimidae family.
This genus was first described by Monterosato in 1884. He proposed it as a section in the family Eulimidae f ...
''
Turton, 1932
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Vitreolina incurva
''Vitreolina'' is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the Eulimidae family.
This genus was first described by Monterosato in 1884. He proposed it as a section in the family Eulimidae f ...
''
Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883 (
Type taxon)
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Vitreolina knudseni
''Vitreolina'' is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the Eulimidae family.
This genus was first described by Monterosato in 1884. He proposed it as a section in the family Eulimidae f ...
''
Bouchet & Warén, 1986
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Vitreolina macra''
Bartsch, 1917
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Vitreolina maracuya''
Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2001
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Vitreolina parfaiti''
de Folin, 1887
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Vitreolina perminima''
Jeffreys, 1883
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Vitreolina philippi''
de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854
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Vitreolina rhaeba''
Melvill, 1906
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Vitreolina subconica''
E. A. Smith, 1890
* ''
Vitreolina titubans''
Berry, 1956
*''
Vitreolina wareni''
Rehder, 1980
*''
Vitreolina yod''
Carpenter, 1857
;Species brought into synonymy:
*''Vitreolina akauni''
Habe, 1952: synonym of ''
Eulitoma akauni
''Eulitoma'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Eulimidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Eulitoma Laseron, 1955. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http ...
''
(Habe, 1952)
* ''Vitreolina dautzenbergi''
(Pallary, 1900): synonym of ''
Curveulima dautzenbergi''
(Pallary, 1900)
* ''Vitreolina devians''
Monterosato, 1884: synonym of ''
Curveulima devians''
(Monterosato, 1884)
* ''Vitreolina incurvata''
ic synonym of ''Vitreolina incurva''
(Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883)
*''Vitreolina levantina''
Oliverio, Buzzurro & Villa, 1994: synonym of ''
Melanella levantina''
(Oliverio, Buzzurro & Villa, 1994)
*''Vitreolina nishimurai''
Habe, 1958 : synonym of ''
Eulitoma nishimurai''
(Habe, 1958)
* ''Vitreolina petitiana''
(Brusina, 1869): synonym of ''
Melanella petitiana''
(Brusina, 1869)
* ''Vitreolina philippii''
(Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854): synonym of ''Vitreolina philippi''
(de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854)
; Taxon inquirendum:
* ''Vitreolina kowiensis''
(Turton, 1932)
References
Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). ''Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee''. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp
External links
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Marine Species Identification Portal
Eulimidae
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