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Plesiothyreus

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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

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Species within the genus Plesiothyreus include:

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

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  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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