Agatha (gastropod) explained

Agatha is a small genus of minute sea snails or marine gastropod mollusks within the subfamily Syrnolinae, which is a part of the family Pyramidellidae.^[1]

They have bilateral symmetry and only have endoderm and ectoderm tissues.

The species of this genus are ectoparasites on other invertebrates.

Distribution

• Marine

Species

• † Agatha alexanderi (Marwick, 1929)
• Agatha amabilis Nomura, 1936
• Agatha australis (Angas, 1871)
• Agatha brevis Yokoyama, 1922
• Agatha filia (Melvill, 1893)
• Agatha georgiana (Hutton, 1885)
• Agatha laevis (Angas, 1867)
• Agatha obesa Peñas & Rolán, 2016
• † Agatha otaioensis Laws, 1940
• Agatha pacei (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906)
• † Agatha pittensis (Marwick, 1928)
• Agatha placida Nomura, 1936
• Agatha vestalis Melvill, 1910
• Agatha virgo Weisbord, 1962

Species brought into synonymy:

• Agatha angasi (Tryon, 1886): synonym of Syrnola angasi (Tryon, 1886)
• Agatha infrequens Nomura, 1937: synonym of Odostomia infrequens (Nomura, 1937)
• Agatha lepidula Habe, 1961: synonym of Tibersyrnola lepidula (Habe, 1961)
• Agatha simplex (Angas, 1871): synonym of Megastomia simplex (Angas, 1871)

References

• Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011) Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone

Notes and References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Agatha A. Adams, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599126 on 2012-08-27