Parastrophia is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the family Caecidae.
Species
Species within the genus Parastrophia include:
- Parastrophia asturiana <small>de Folin, 1870</small>
- Parastrophia avaricosa <small>Vannozzi, Pizzini & Raines, 2015</small>
- Parastrophia cecalupoi <small>Vannozzi, 2017</small>
- Parastrophia challengeri <small>de Folin, 1880</small>
- Parastrophia christinae <small>Selli, 1974</small>
- Parastrophia cornucopiae <small>(de Folin, 1869)</small>
- Parastrophia cygnicollis <small>(Hedley, 1904)</small>
- Parastrophia elegans <small>(de Folin, 1880)</small>
- Parastrophia erseusi <small>Hughes, 1993</small>
- Parastrophia ingens <small>Vannozzi, 2017</small>
- Parastrophia ivani <small>Vannozzi, 2017</small>
- Parastrophia japonica <small>Hinoide & Habe, 1978</small>
- Parastrophia megadattilida <small>Pizzini, Raines & Vannozzi, 2013</small>
- Parastrophia melanesiana <small>Pizzini, Raines & Vannozzi, 2013</small>
- Parastrophia monicae <small>Vannozzi, 2017</small>
- Parastrophia ornata <small>Vannozzi, Pizzini & Raines, 2015</small>
- Parastrophia pulcherrima <small>Pizzini, Raines & Vannozzi, 2013</small>
- Parastrophia queenslandica <small>(Iredale & Laseron, 1957)</small>
- â Parastrophia radwanskii <small>BaÃ
Âuk, 1975</small>
- Parastrophia reticulata <small>Vannozzi, 2017</small>
- Parastrophia sumatrana <small>(Thiele, 1925)</small>
- Parastrophia vanuatuensis <small>Pizzini, Raines & Vannozzi, 2013</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- Parastrophia filum <small>Melvill, 1906</small>: synonym of Parastrophia cornucopiae <small>(de Folin, 1869)</small>
- Parastrophia folini <small>Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884</small>: synonym of Parastrophia asturiana <small>de Folin, 1870</small>
- â Parastrophia garganica <small>Montcharmont-Zei, 1954</small>: synonym of Parastrophia asturiana <small>de Folin, 1870</small>
References
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180âÂÂ213
- Pizzini M., Raines B. & Vannozzi A. (2013) The family Caecidae in the South-West Pacific (Gastropoda: Rissooidea). Bollettino Malacologico, 49 (suppl. 10): 1-78.
External links
- Folin, L. de. (1880). On the Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition.--The Caecidae, comprising the genera Parastrophia, Watsonia, and Caecum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1879: 806-812
- Costa, O. G. (1861). Microdoride mediterranea; o, Descrizione de poco ben conosciuti od affatto ignoti viventi minuti e micoscropici del Meditterraneo, pel professore O. G. Costa. Tomo primo. Con tredici tavole. i-xviii, 1-80. Stamperia dell'Iride, Napoli
- Di Staso A. (1905). Contributo alla conoscenza della famiglia Caecidae. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere. 22: 433-448, pl. 12