Eurathea

Eurathea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:	Pyramidelloidea
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Subfamily:	Odostomiinae
Tribe:	Chrysallidini
Genus:	Eurathea; Laseron, 1959
Type species
	Eurathea humerica Laseron, 1959;
Species
	See text.

Eurathea is a small genus of very small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the tribe Chrysallidini within the family Pyramidellidae.

Distribution

So far, species in this genus have only been described from Australia.

Life habits

Little is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As is true of most members of the Pyramidellidae sensu lato, they are ectoparasites.

Species

Species within the genus Eurathea include:

Eurathea humerica Laseron, 1959 - type species, the type locality is Darwin, Australia.^[1] The length of the shell is 3.2 mm.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Laseron C. F. (1959). "Family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from Northern Australia". Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 10 (2): 177–267. doi:10.1071/MF9590177.

[Laseron_1959-1] Laseron C. F. (1959). "Family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from Northern Australia". Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 10 (2): 177–267. doi:10.1071/MF9590177.

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