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Parashiela

Parashiela is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae.

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Parashiela
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Parashiela
Laseron, 1956
Type species
Parashiela ambulata Laseron, 1956
Parashiela ambulata, Kauai, Hawaii, USA source ↗

Parashiela is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae.1

Species

Species within the genus Parashiela include:

  • Parashiela ambulata Laseron, 1956
  • Parashiela caboverdensis Amati, Smriglio & Oliverio, 2024
  • Parashiela expansilabrum Amati, Di Giulio & Oliverio, 2023
  • Parashiela invisibilis (Hedley, 1899)
  • Parashiela liddelliana (Hedley, 1907)
  • Parashiela obesula Amati, Di Giulio & Oliverio, 2023
  • Parashiela rimatara Amati, Di Giulio & Oliverio, 2023
  • Parashiela rotundata Amati, Di Giulio & Oliverio, 2023
  • Parashiela soniae Amati, Di Giulio & Oliverio, 2023
Synonyms
  • Parashiela beetsi Ladd, 1966: synonym of Parashiela ambulata Laseron, 1956

Distribution

This species is found along Japan and Australia.

References

References

  1. Parashiela Laseron, 1956. WoRMS (2009). Parashiela Laseron, 1956 Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196975 on 24 October 2010 .
  • Ponder W. F. (1985). A review of the Genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum supplement 4: 1-221 page(s): 50-51