Eocithara

Eocithara is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the family Harpidae.[1]

Eocithara
Shell of Eocithara elegans (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Harpidae
Genus:	†Eocithara P. Fischer, 1883
Synonyms[1]
† Eocithara (Eocithara) P. Fischer, 1883 · accepted, alternate representation †Eocithara (Marwickara) Laws, 1935 † Eocithara (Refluharpa) Rehder, 1973 † Harpa (Eocithara) P. Fischer, 1883 (original rank) † Refluharpa Iredale, 1931 (unavailable name: no description)

Species

Species within the genus Eocithara include:[1]

• † Eocithara elegans (Deshayes, 1835)
• † Eocithara eucosmia Merle & Pacaud, 2004
• † Eocithara helenae Merle & Pacaud, 2004
• † Eocithara jacksonensis (G. D. Harris, 1896)
• † Eocithara lamellifera (Tate, 1889)
• † Eocithara mutica (Lamarck, 1803)
• † Eocithara rosenkrantzi Merle & Pacaud, 2004
• † Eocithara submutica (d'Orbigny, 1852)
• † Eocithara waihaoensis Laws, 1935

References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Eocithara P. Fischer, 1883. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=828189 on 2019-01-13

• Cossmann (M.) & Pissarro (G.), 1913 Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris, t. 2, p. pl. 46-65
• Laws, C. R. (1935). New Eocene Mollusca from New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 65: 23-29.
• Termier (H.) & Termier (G.), 1960 Paléontologie stratigraphique. Quatrième fascicule: Eocène-Oligocène-Miocène-Pliocène- Quaternaire et index général, p. 359-512
• Le Renard (J.) & Pacaud (J.-M.), 1995 Révision des Mollusques paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. 2 - Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana, t. 3, vol. 3, p. 65-132
• Merle (D.) & Pacaud (J.-M.), 2004 New species of Eocithara Fischer, 1883 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Harpidae) from the Early Paleogene with phylogenetic analysis of the Harpidae. Geodiversitas, t. 26, vol. 1, p. 61-87

External links

• Fischer P. (1880-1887). Manuel de Conchyliologie et de Paléontologie Conchyliologique. Paris, Savy pp. XXIV + 1369 + pl. 23.
• [ http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46313116 Rehder H.A. (1973). The family Harpidae of the world. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(16) : 207-274]
• Merle D. & Pacaud J.-M. (2004). New species of Eocithara Fischer, 1883 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Harpidae) from the Early Paleogene with phylogenetic analysis of the Harpidae. Geodiversitas. 26(1) : 61-87