Plesiothyreus

Plesiothyreus is a genus of very small sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Phenacolepadidae.[2]

Plesiothyreus
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Plesiothyreus

Synonyms
  • Cinnalepeta Iredale, 1929
  • Phenacolepas Pilsbry, 1891
  • Pileopsis (Scutellina)
  • Scutella Broderip, 1834 (Invalid: junior homonym of Scutella Lamarck, 1816 [Echinodermata]; Scutellina and Phenacolepas are replacement names)
  • Scutellina Gray, 1847 (Invalid: junior homonym of Scutellina Agassiz, 1841 [Echinodermata]; Phenacolepas is a replacement name)
  • Scutulina Cossmann, 1912

This genus has become a synonym of Plesiothyreus Cossmann, 1888

Species

Species within the genus Plesiothyreus include:

  • Plesiothyreus arabica
  • Plesiothyreus asperulatus (A. Adams, 1854)
  • Plesiothyreus cinnamomeus (Gould, 1846)
  • Plesiothyreus cosmanniJousseaume, 1894
  • Plesiothyreus cytherae (Lesson, 1831)
  • Plesiothyreus elongata
  • Plesiothyreus galathea
  • Plesiothyreus hamillei (P. Fischer, 1857)[3]
  • Plesiothyreus newtoni G. B. Sowerby III, 1894
  • Plesiothyreus pararabica
  • Plesiothyreus parmophoroides (Cossmann, 1885)
  • Plesiothyreus peelae
  • Plesiothyreus pliocenicus (Chirli, 2004)
Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Cossmann (1888). Ann. Soc. malac. Belgique 23: 191.
  2. Plesiothyreus . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 May 2010.
  3. Plesiothyreus hamillei (P. Fischer, 1857). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 May 2010.
  4. Plesiothyreus rushii (Dall, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 May 2010.


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