''Vitreolina'' is a
genus
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of very small
parasitic sea snail
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s,
marine
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gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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s or
micromollusk
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s in the
Eulimidae
Eulimidae is a family of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Vanikoroidea.
Description
These small parasitic snails live on (or in some cases in) the bodies of echinoderms such as sea cucumbers, sea ...
family
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.
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
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and slightly obtuse
apex.
Species
Species within the genus ''Vitreolina'' include:
*''
Vitreolina alayoi''
Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2001
*''
Vitreolina antiflexa''
Monterosato, 1884
*''
Vitreolina arcuata''
C. B. Adams, 1850
*''
Vitreolina aurata''
Hirase, 1920
*''
Vitreolina bermudezi''
Pilsbry & Aguayo, 1933
*''
Vitreolina chondrocidaricola''
Warén, B. L. Burch & T. A. Burch, 1984
*''
Vitreolina cionella''
Monterosato, 1878
*''
Vitreolina colini''
Espinosa & Ortea, 2006
*''
Vitreolina columbiana''
Bartsch, 1917
*''
Vitreolina commensalis''
Tate, 1898
*''
Vitreolina conica''
C. B. Adams, 1850
*''
Vitreolina curva''
Monterosato, 1874
* ''
Vitreolina drangai''
(Hertlein & Strong, 1951)
*''
Vitreolina edwardsi''
Cotton & Godfrey, 1932
*''
Vitreolina hawaiiensis''
Warén, B. L. Burch & T. A. Burch, 1984
*''
Vitreolina inconspicua''
Turton, 1932
*''
Vitreolina incurva''
Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883 (
Type taxon)
*''
Vitreolina knudseni''
Bouchet & Warén, 1986
*''
Vitreolina macra''
Bartsch, 1917
*''
Vitreolina maracuya''
Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2001
*''
Vitreolina parfaiti''
de Folin, 1887
*''
Vitreolina perminima''
Jeffreys, 1883
*''
Vitreolina philippi''
de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854
*''
Vitreolina rhaeba''
Melvill, 1906
*''
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''
(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
*
Marine Species Identification Portal
Eulimidae
{{Eulimidae-stub