Plesiothyreus
Shell of Plesiothyreus cossmanni (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Phenacolepadidae
Genus: Plesiothyreus
Cossmann, 1888[1]
Type species
Capulus parmophoroides Cossmann, 1885
Synonyms
  • Cinnalepeta Iredale, 1929
  • Phenacolepas Pilsbry, 1891
  • Pileopsis (Scutellina)
  • Scutella Broderip, 1834 (Invalid: junior homonym of Scutella Lamarck, 1816 [Echinodermata]; Scutellina and Phenacolepas are replacement names)
  • Scutellina Gray, 1847 (Invalid: junior homonym of Scutellina Agassiz, 1841 [Echinodermata]; Phenacolepas is a replacement name)
  • Scutulina Cossmann, 1912

Plesiothyreus is a genus of very small sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Phenacolepadinae of the family Phenacolepadidae.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Plesiothyreus include:

  • Plesiothyreus aculeatus (Pease, 1868)
  • Plesiothyreus arabicus (K.H.J. Thiele, 1909 ) (synonym: Phenacolepas arabica K.H.J. Thiele, 1909)
  • Plesiothyreus brocki (Thiele, 1909)
  • Plesiothyreus cancellatus (Pease, 1861)
  • Plesiothyreus cinnamomeus (Gould, 1846)
  • Plesiothyreus compressus (Pease, 1868)
  • Plesiothyreus cosmanni Jousseaume, 1894
  • Plesiothyreus cytherae (Lesson, 1831)
  • Plesiothyreus elongatus (Thiele, 1909)
  • Plesiothyreus evansi (Biggs, 1973)
  • Plesiothyreus fischeri (Rochebrune, 1882)
  • Plesiothyreus galathea (J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1819) (synonym: Phenacolepas galathea (J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1819)
  • Plesiothyreus granocostatus (Pease, 1868)
  • Plesiothyreus granulosus (Thiele, 1909)
  • Plesiothyreus guttatus (Thiele, 1909)
  • Plesiothyreus hamillei (P. Fischer, 1857)[3]
  • Plesiothyreus indicus (Thiele, 1909)
  • Plesiothyreus malonei (Vanatta, 1912)
  • Plesiothyreus newtoni G. B. Sowerby III, 1894
  • Plesiothyreus omanensis (Biggs, 1973)
  • Plesiothyreus pararabicus (Christiaens, 1988)
  • Plesiothyreus parmophoroides (Cossmann, 1885)
  • Plesiothyreus peelae Christiaens, 1989
  • Plesiothyreus pliocenicus (Chirli, 2004)
  • Plesiothyreus puntarenae (Mörch, 1860)
  • Plesiothyreus radiatus (Schepman, 1908)
  • Plesiothyreus reticulatus (Thiele, 1909)
  • Plesiothyreus scobinatus (A. Gould, 1859)
Species brought into synonymy
  • Plesiothyreus asperulatus (A. Adams, 1854): synonym of Phenacolepas galathea (Lamarck, 1819): synonym of Zacalantica galathea (Lamarck, 1819) (based on nomen nudum)
  • Plesiothyreus cosmani Jousseaume, 1894: synonym of Plesiothyreus cossmanni Jousseaume, 1894 (incorrect original spelling)
  • Plesiothyreus rushii (Dall, 1889):[4] synonym of Hyalopatina rushii (Dall, 1889)
  • Plesiothyreus gruveli (Dautzenberg, 1929) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

References

  1. Cossmann (1888). Ann. Soc. malac. Belgique 23: 191.
  2. Plesiothyreus. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 May 2010.
  3. Plesiothyreus hamillei (P. Fischer, 1857). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 May 2010.
  4. Plesiothyreus rushii (Dall, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 May 2010.


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