Barleeia
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| Genus: | Barleeia Gray, 1857
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Barleeia, or the barleysnails, is a genus of very small sea snails. They are marine gastropod micromollusks in the family Barleeiidae. These snails are usually only a couple of millimeters in length.
Species
Species within the genus Barleeia include:
- Barleeia acuta P. P. Carpenter 1864 - Acute barleysnail - America
- Barleeia aemilii (S. Gofas 1995) Cape Verde
- Barleeia alderi Carpenter 1856 – West America
- Barleeia angustata H.A. Pilsbry 1901 – Indo-Pacific
- Barleeia annamitica Ph. Dautzenberg. & H. Fischer 1907
- Barleeia bentleyi P. Bartsch 1920 – West America
- Barleeia caffra G. Barleeia Sowerby 1897
- Barleeia cala (E. A. Smith 1890) St. Helena
- Barleeia calcarea E. A. Kay 1979 - Hawaii
- Barleeia californica Bartsch 192) - California barleysnail - America
- Barleeia carpenteri P. Bartsch 1920 – West-America
- Barleeia chefiae (S. Gofas 1995) Cape Verde
- Barleeia chrysomela Melvill & Standen 1896
- Barleeia cinguloides (S. Gofas 1995) Namibia, Angola.
- Barleeia compacta (J. G. Jeffreys 1884) Europe
- Barleeia congenita E. A. Smith 1890
- Barleeia creutzbergi (K.M. de Jong & H.E. Coomans 1988) Mexico, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao.
- Barleeia ephamilla (E. A. Smith 1890) St. Helena
- Barleeia fuscopicta E.A. Smith 1890
- Barleeia gougati (Michaud 1829) Mediterranean
- Barleeia haliotiphila P. P. Carpenter 1864 - Abalone barleysnail - This intertidal snail is one of the most common gastropods to be found in the biotic community at moderate tidal levels. Its diet consists of algae, such as Rhodoglossum affine, Mastocarpus papillatus, Gigartina leptorhynchos.[citation needed] Range: East Pacific, North America.
- Barleeia meridionalis (W. F. Ponder. & Worsfold, 1994) Peru
- Barleeia mexicana (Cruz-Abrego 1998) Mexico, Cuba
- Barleeia microthyra (E.C. von Martens 1880) Indo-Pacific
- Barleeia oldroydi P. Bartsch 1920
- Barleeia orcutti (P. Bartsch 1920) West America
- Barleeia pervulgata (S. Gofas 1995) Namibia, Angola
- Barleeia picta (S. Gofas 1995) Namibia, Angola
- Barleeia polychroma (de Folin 1870) West America
- Barleeia rubra (A. A. Adam, 1795) West Africa
- Barleeia rubra majuscula (T. A. di Monterosato 1877) Europe
- Barleeia rubrooperculata (Z.J.A. de Castellanos & F. Fernandes 1972) southern Brazil, Uruguay.
- Barleeia sanjuanensis P. Bartsch 1920
- Barleeia seminulum (T. A. di Monterosato 1877) Europe
- Barleeia smithi Bartsch 1915
- Barleeia subtenuis P. P. Carpenter 1864 - Fragile barleysnail - America
- Barleeia taeniolata (S. Gofas 1995) São Tomé and Príncipe
- Barleeia tincta R. J. L. Guppy 1895 - Caribbean barleysnail - eastern Florida, Trinidad.
- Barleeia tomensis (S. Gofas 1995) São Tomé and Príncipe
- Barleeia trifasciata (T. Habe 1960) Japan
- Barleeia tropica J. Thiele 1925
- Barleeia unifasciata G. Montagu 1803 - Shetland into Mediterranean; Canary Islands
- Barleeia verdensis (S. Gofas 1995) Cape Verde
- Barleeia zeteki (A. M. Strong & L. G. Hertlein 1939) West America