Agatha (gastropod)

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

• Marine

Species

• † 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>
• † Agatha otaioensis <small>Laws, 1940</small>
• Agatha pacei <small>(Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906)</small>
• † Agatha pittensis <small>(Marwick, 1928)</small>
• Agatha placida <small>Nomura, 1936</small>
• Agatha vestalis <small>Melvill, 1910</small>
• Agatha virgo <small>Weisbord, 1962</small>

• 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>

References

• Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011) Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone