Meteuthria

Meteuthria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Prosiphonidae
Genus: Meteuthria
Thiele, 1912

Meteuthria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Prosiphonidae, the true whelks.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Meteuthria include:

  • Meteuthria batialis Pastorino, 2016
  • Meteuthria clathratula (Thiele, 1925)
  • Meteuthria fallax (Thiele, 1925)
  • Meteuthria formosa (Thiele, 1925)
  • Meteuthria futilis (Watson, 1882)[2]
  • Meteuthria multituberculata Dell, 1990[3]
  • Meteuthria martensi (Strebel, 1905)

References

  1. ^ Meteuthria Thiele, 1912. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  2. ^ Meteuthria futilis (Watson, 1882). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  3. ^ Meteuthria multituberculata Dell, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  • Thiele, J. (1912). "Die antarktischen Schnecken und Muscheln. Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition, 1901-1903, im Auftrage des Reichsamtes des Innern. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. 13". Zoologie. 5 (2): 243.
  • Pastorino, G. (2016). "Revision of the genera Pareuthria Strebel, 1905, Glypteuthria Strebel, 1905 and Meteuthria Thiele, 1912 (Gastropoda: Buccinulidae) with the description of three new genera and two new species from Southwestern Atlantic waters". Zootaxa. 4179 (3).


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