Eualetes

Eualetes is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.[1]

Eualetes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Vermetoidea
Family:
Vermetidae
Genus:
Eualetes

Keen, 1971
Type species
Vermetus centiquadrus Valenciennes, 1846
Synonyms

Tripsycha (Eualetes)

Species

Species within the genus Eualetes include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Eualetes tulipa (Chenu, 1843): synonym of Eualetes tulipa (Rousseau in Chenu, 1843)

References
  1. Eualetes Keen, 1971. WoRMS (2009). Eualetes. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397074 on 9 July 2010 .
  2. Eualetes tulipa (Chenu, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  • Keen, A.M. (1971). Two new supraspecific taxa in the Gastropoda. The Veliger, 13(3): 296 page(s): 296
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