Parastrophia

Parastrophia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Caecidae
Genus:	Parastrophia de Folin, 1869
Type species
Moreletia cornucopiae de Folin, 1869
Synonyms
Moreletia de Folin, 1869 (Invalid: junior homonym of Moreletia Gray, 1855; Parastrophia is a replacement name) Pedumicra Iredale & Laseron, 1957 Spirolidium O. G. Costa, 1861 (doubtful synonym)

Parastrophia is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Caecidae.

Species

Species within the genus Parastrophia include:

• Parastrophia asturiana de Folin, 1870
• Parastrophia challengeri de Folin, 1880
• Parastrophia cornucopiae (de Folin, 1869)
• Parastrophia cygnicollis (Hedley, 1904)
• Parastrophia elegans (de Folin, 1880)
• Parastrophia erseusi Hughes, 1993
• Parastrophia japonica Hinoide & Habe, 1978
• Parastrophia megadattilida Pizzini, Raines & Vannozzi, 2013
• Parastrophia melanesiana Pizzini, Raines & Vannozzi, 2013
• Parastrophia pulcherrima Pizzini, Raines & Vannozzi, 2013
• Parastrophia queenslandica (Iredale & Laseron, 1957)
• Parastrophia sumatrana (Thiele, 1925)
• Parastrophia vanuatuensis Pizzini, Raines & Vannozzi, 2013

Species brought into synonymy

• Parastrophia filum Melvill, 1906: synonym of Parastrophia cornucopiae (de Folin, 1869)

References

• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
• Pizzini M., Raines B. & Vannozzi A. (2013) The family Caecidae in the South-West Pacific (Gastropoda: Rissooidea). Bollettino Malacologico, 49 (suppl. 10): 1-78.