Omalogyra
Genus of gastropods
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::summary Genus of gastropods ::
|image = Omalogyra zebrina (MNHN-IM-2012-37663).jpeg |image_caption = Shell of Omalogyra zebrina (paratype at MNHN, Paris) |taxon = Omalogyra |authority = Jeffreys, 1860 |synonyms_ref = |synonyms =
- Ammonicerina O. G. Costa, 1861
- Helisalia Laseron, 1954
- Homalogyra Jeffreys, 1867 (unjustified emendation) |type_species = Skenea nitidissima (Adams, 1800), sensu Forbes & Hanley, 1850 |display_parents= 3
Omalogyra is a genus of minute marine gastropod molluscs in the family Omalogyridae.
This genus includes the smallest gastropods, with adult sizes of 1 mm and even less.
Species
Species within the genus Omalogyra include:
- Omalogyra ammonitoides (Powell, 1940)
- Omalogyra antarctica Egorova, 1991
- Omalogyra atomus (Philippi, 1841) - atom snail
- Omalogyra burdwoodiana Strebel, 1908
- Omalogyra densicostata (Jeffreys, 1884)
- Omalogyra disculus Palazzi, 1988
- Omalogyra fusca Suter, 1908(Jeffreys, 1884)
- Omalogyra fuscopardalis Rolán, 1992
- Omalogyra liliputia (Laseron, 1954)
- Omalogyra simplex (Costa O.G., 1861)
- Omalogyra taludana Castellanos, 1989
- Omalogyra undosa Palazzi, 1988
- Omalogyra zebrina Rolán, 1992 ;Species brought into synonymy:
- Omalogyra (Ammonicera) Vayssière, 1893: synonym of Ammonicera Vayssière, 1893
- Omalogyra (Ammonicera) planorbis (Dall, 1927): synonym of Palazzia planorbis (Dall, 1927)
- Omalogyra (Ammonicera) rota Forbes & Hanley, 1850: synonym of Ammonicera rota (Forbes & Hanley, 1850)
- Omalogyra atomus (Philippi, 1841) sensu Arnaud, 1972: synonym of Omalogyra antarctica Egorova, 1991 (misapplication)
- Omalogyra ausonia Palazzi, 1988: synonym of Palazzia ausonia (Palazzi, 1988)
- Omalogyra bicarinata Suter, 1908: synonym of Zerotula bicarinata (Suter, 1908)
- Omalogyra discula Palazzi, 1988: synonym of Omalogyra disculus Palazzi, 1988
- Omalogyra fischeriana Monterosato, 1869: synonym of Ammonicera fischeriana (Monterosato, 1869)
- Omalogyra nodicarinata Sleurs, 1983: synonym of Ammonicera nodicarinata (Sleurs, 1985)
- Omalogyra planorbis (Dall, 1927): synonym of Palazzia planorbis (Dall, 1927)
- Omalogyra pulcherrima Brazier in Henn & Brazier, 1894: synonym of Liotella pulcherrima (Brazier in Henn & Brazier, 1894)
- Omalogyra vangoethemi Sleurs, 1983: synonym of Ammonicera vangoethemi (Sleurs, 1985)
References
- Jeffreys, J.G. 1859. Notes on British Mollusca , in answer to Mr William Clark's remarks on "Gleanings in British Conchology". Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3: 496-499
- Jeffreys, J. G. (1860). Sur le mollusque designé par MM. Forbes & Hanley sous le nom de Skenea nitidissima. Journal de Conchyliologie. 8: 108-111.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
- Rolàn, E., 1992. The family Omalogyridae G.O. Sars, 1878 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in Cuba with description of eight new species. Apex 7(2): 35-46
References
- Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Omalogyra Jeffreys, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138276 on 2012-01-10
- (7 October 2014). "Three new species of Ammonicera from the Eastern Pacific coast of North America, with redescriptions and comments on other species of Omalogyridae (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia)". Zootaxa.
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