Plesiothyreus is a genus of very small sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Phenacolepadinae of the family Phenacolepadidae.
Species
Species within the genus Plesiothyreus include:
- Plesiothyreus aculeatus <small>(Pease, 1868)</small>
- Plesiothyreus arabicus <small>(K.H.J. Thiele, 1909 )</small> (synonym: Phenacolepas arabica <small>K.H.J. Thiele, 1909</small>)
- Plesiothyreus brocki <small>(Thiele, 1909)</small>
- Plesiothyreus cancellatus <small>(Pease, 1861)</small>
- Plesiothyreus cinnamomeus <small>(Gould, 1846)</small>
- Plesiothyreus compressus <small>(Pease, 1868)</small>
- Plesiothyreus cosmanni <small>Jousseaume, 1894</small>
- Plesiothyreus cytherae <small>(Lesson, 1831)</small>
- Plesiothyreus elongatus <small>(Thiele, 1909)</small>
- Plesiothyreus evansi <small>(Biggs, 1973)</small>
- Plesiothyreus fischeri <small>(Rochebrune, 1882)</small>
- Plesiothyreus galathea <small>(J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1819)</small> (synonym: Phenacolepas galathea <small>(J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1819)</small>
- Plesiothyreus granocostatus <small>(Pease, 1868)</small>
- Plesiothyreus granulosus <small>(Thiele, 1909)</small>
- Plesiothyreus guttatus <small>(Thiele, 1909)</small>
- Plesiothyreus hamillei <small>(P. Fischer, 1857)</small>
- Plesiothyreus indicus <small>(Thiele, 1909)</small>
- Plesiothyreus malonei <small>(Vanatta, 1912)</small>
- Plesiothyreus newtoni <small>G. B. Sowerby III, 1894</small>
- Plesiothyreus omanensis <small>(Biggs, 1973)</small>
- Plesiothyreus pararabicus <small>(Christiaens, 1988)</small>
- â Plesiothyreus parmophoroides <small>(Cossmann, 1885)</small>
- Plesiothyreus peelae <small>Christiaens, 1989</small>
- â Plesiothyreus pliocenicus <small>(Chirli, 2004)</small>
- Plesiothyreus puntarenae <small>(Mörch, 1860)</small>
- Plesiothyreus radiatus <small>(Schepman, 1908)</small>
- Plesiothyreus reticulatus <small>(Thiele, 1909)</small>
- Plesiothyreus scobinatus <small>(A. Gould, 1859)</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- Plesiothyreus asperulatus <small>(A. Adams, 1854)</small>: synonym of Phenacolepas galathea <small>(Lamarck, 1819)</small>: synonym of Zacalantica galathea (Lamarck, 1819) (based on nomen nudum)
- Plesiothyreus cosmani <small>Jousseaume, 1894</small>: synonym of Plesiothyreus cossmanni J<small>ousseaume, 1894</small> (incorrect original spelling)
- Plesiothyreus rushii <small>(Dall, 1889)</small>: synonym of Hyalopatina rushii <small>(Dall, 1889)</small>
- Plesiothyreus gruveli <small>(Dautzenberg, 1929)</small> (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
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