Eualetes
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Genus: | Eualetes Keen, 1971
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Vermetus centiquadrus Valenciennes, 1846 | |
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Tripsycha (Eualetes) |
Eualetes is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.[1]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Eualetes include:
- Eualetes centiquadrus (Valenciennes, 1846)
- Eualetes tulipa (Chenu, 1843)[2]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Eualetes tulipa (Chenu, 1843): synonym of Eualetes tulipa (Rousseau in Chenu, 1843)
References
[edit]- ^ Eualetes Keen, 1971. WoRMS (2009). Eualetes. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397074 on 9 July 2010 .
- ^ Eualetes tulipa (Chenu, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
- Keen, A.M. (1971). Two new supraspecific taxa in the Gastropoda. The Veliger, 13(3): 296 page(s): 296