Plesiothyreus cytherae

Plesiothyreus cytherae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phenacolepadidae.[1]

Plesiothyreus cytherae
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P. cytherae
Binomial name
Plesiothyreus cytherae
(Lesson, 1831)
Synonyms
  • Phenacolepas crenulata (Broderip, 1834)
  • Phenacolepas cytherae (Lesson, 1831)
  • Phenacolepas mirabilis G. B. Sowerby III, 1910
  • Pileopsis cytherae Lesson, 1831 (original combination)
  • Scutella crenulata Broderip, 1834 (probable synonym)
  • Scutellina nobilis G. B. Sowerby III, 1905

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Tahiti.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Plesiothyreus cytherae (Lesson, 1831). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1323144 on 2020-01-12


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