Curveulima

Curveulima is a major genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae.[1]

Curveulima
Shell of Curveulima obliquistoma (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Curveulima
Laseron, 1955
Type species
Curveulima cornuta
Laseron, 1955

Species

There are multiple known species to exist within the genus, Curveulima, these include the following:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Curveulima commensalis (Tate, 1898): synonym of Vitreolina commensalis (Tate, 1898)
  • Curveulima echinocardiachila (Habe, 1976): synonym of Hypermastus exhinocardiachila (Habe, 1976)
  • Curveulima flavipunctata (Habe, 1961): synonym of Amamibalcis flavipunctata (Habe, 1961)
  • Curveulima lata (Laseron, 1955): synonym of Parvioris subobtusa (Laseron, 1955)
  • Curveulima macrophthalmica (Warén, 1972): synonym of Curveulima macrophtalmica (Warén, 1972)
  • Curveulima nishimurai (Habe, 1958): synonym of Eulitoma nishimurai (Habe, 1958)
  • Curveulima obtusa (Laseron, 1955): synonym of Melanella obtusa (Laseron, 1955)
  • Curveulima quantilla (Turton, 1932): synonym of Curveulima icafra (Bartsch, 1915)
  • Curveulima subobtusa (Laseron, 1955): synonym of Parvioris subobtusa (Laseron, 1955)
Taxon inquirendum
  • Curveulima kowiensis (Turton, 1932)

References

  1. Laseron, 1955. Warén A. (1984) A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies suppl. 13: 1-96. page(s): 38. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137964 on 2013-01-08.


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