Vitreolina

Vitreolina
Drawing of a shell of Vitreolina perminima
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Eulimidae
Genus:	Vitreolina Monterosato, 1884
Type species
Eulima incurva Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883
Synonyms
Balcis (Vitreolina) Monterosato, 1884 Eulima (Vitreolina) Monterosato, 1884

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 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:

• 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 [sic]: 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

• Waren, Anders (1980). "Revision of the Genera Thyca, Stilifer, Scalenostoma, Mucronalia and Echineulima (Mollusca, Prosobranchia, Eulimidae)". Zoologica Scripta. 9: 187. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1980.tb00663.x.
• Marine Species Identification Portal