Vetulonia (gastropod)
| Vetulonia | |
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| Shell of Vetulonia phalcata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Vetulonia Dall, 1913 |
| Type species | |
| Vetulonia galapagana Dall, 1913 | |
Vetulonia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.[1]
Description[edit]
(Original description) The small shell is turbiniform, thin and umbilicated. It shows radiating ribs crossing spiral threads . The peristome is interrupted by the body whorl . The outer lip in the completely adult is reflected and somewhat thickened. The aperture is unarmed.[2]
Species[edit]
Species within the genus Vetulonia include:[3]
- Vetulonia densilirata Dall, 1927
- Vetulonia galapagana Dall, 1913
- Vetulonia giacobbei Renda & Micali, 2016
- Vetulonia parajeffreysi Absalão & Pimenta, 2005
- Vetulonia paucivaricosa (Dautzenberg, 1889)
- Vetulonia phalcata Warén & Bouchet, 1993
- † Vetulonia philippinensis Kiel, Aguilar & Kase, 2020
- Species brought into synonymy
- Vetulonia cancellata (Jeffreys, 1883): synonym of Vetulonia paucivaricosa (Dautzenberg, 1889)
- Vetulonia jeffreysi Dall, 1913: synonym of Vetulonia paucivaricosa (Dautzenberg, 1889)
- Vetulonia josephinae Dall, 1927: synonym of Vetulonia paucivaricosa (Dautzenberg, 1889)
References[edit]
- ^ WoRMS (2009). Vetulonia Dall, 1913. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137864 on 27 March 2013
- ^ Dall W. H. (1913). "A new genus of Trochidae". The Nautilus 27: 86.
- ^ "Vetulonia". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- Warén, A. & Bouchet, P. (1993). New records, species, genera, and a new family of gastropods from hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps. Zoologica Scripta. 22: 1-90.
- Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press,
External links[edit]
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