Agatha is a small genus of minute sea snails or marine gastropod mollusks within the subfamily Syrnolinae, which is a part of the family Pyramidellidae.
They have bilateral symmetry and only have endoderm and ectoderm tissues.
The species of this genus are ectoparasites on other invertebrates.
Distribution
Species
- â Agatha alexanderi <small>(Marwick, 1929)</small>
- Agatha amabilis <small>Nomura, 1936</small>
- Agatha australis <small>(Angas, 1871)</small>
- Agatha brevis <small>Yokoyama, 1922</small>
- Agatha filia <small>(Melvill, 1893)</small>
- Agatha georgiana <small>(Hutton, 1885)</small>
- Agatha laevis <small>(Angas, 1867)</small>
- Agatha obesa <small>Peñas & Rolán, 2016</small>
- â Agatha otaioensis <small>Laws, 1940</small>
- Agatha pacei <small>(Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906)</small>
- â Agatha pittensis <small>(Marwick, 1928)</small>
- Agatha placida <small>Nomura, 1936</small>
- Agatha vestalis <small>Melvill, 1910</small>
- Agatha virgo <small>Weisbord, 1962</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- Agatha angasi <small>(Tryon, 1886)</small>: synonym of Syrnola angasi <small>(Tryon, 1886)</small>
- Agatha infrequens <small>Nomura, 1937</small>: synonym of Odostomia infrequens <small>(Nomura, 1937)</small>
- Agatha lepidula <small>Habe, 1961</small>: synonym of Tibersyrnola lepidula <small>(Habe, 1961)</small>
- Agatha simplex <small>(Angas, 1871)</small>: synonym of Megastomia simplex <small>(Angas, 1871)</small>
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