Parastrophia Explained

Parastrophia is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the family Caecidae.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Parastrophia include:

• Parastrophia asturiana de Folin, 1870
• Parastrophia avaricosa Vannozzi, Pizzini & Raines, 2015
• Parastrophia cecalupoi Vannozzi, 2017
• Parastrophia challengeri de Folin, 1880
• Parastrophia christinae Selli, 1974
• Parastrophia cornucopiae (de Folin, 1869)
• Parastrophia cygnicollis (Hedley, 1904)
• Parastrophia elegans (de Folin, 1880)
• Parastrophia erseusi Hughes, 1993
• Parastrophia ingens Vannozzi, 2017
• Parastrophia ivani Vannozzi, 2017
• Parastrophia japonica Hinoide & Habe, 1978
• Parastrophia megadattilida Pizzini, Raines & Vannozzi, 2013
• Parastrophia melanesiana Pizzini, Raines & Vannozzi, 2013
• Parastrophia monicae Vannozzi, 2017
• Parastrophia ornata Vannozzi, Pizzini & Raines, 2015
• Parastrophia pulcherrima Pizzini, Raines & Vannozzi, 2013
• Parastrophia queenslandica (Iredale & Laseron, 1957)
• † Parastrophia radwanskii Bałuk, 1975
• Parastrophia reticulata Vannozzi, 2017
• Parastrophia sumatrana (Thiele, 1925)
• Parastrophia vanuatuensis Pizzini, Raines & Vannozzi, 2013

Species brought into synonymy:

• Parastrophia filum Melvill, 1906: synonym of Parastrophia cornucopiae (de Folin, 1869)
• Parastrophia folini Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884: synonym of Parastrophia asturiana de Folin, 1870
• † Parastrophia garganica Montcharmont-Zei, 1954: synonym of Parastrophia asturiana de Folin, 1870

References

• 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
• Pizzini M., Raines B. & Vannozzi A. (2013) The family Caecidae in the South-West Pacific (Gastropoda: Rissooidea). Bollettino Malacologico, 49 (suppl. 10): 1-78.

External links

• Folin, L. de. (1880). On the Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition.--The Caecidae, comprising the genera Parastrophia, Watsonia, and Caecum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1879: 806-812
• Costa, O. G. (1861). Microdoride mediterranea; o, Descrizione de poco ben conosciuti od affatto ignoti viventi minuti e micoscropici del Meditterraneo, pel professore O. G. Costa. Tomo primo. Con tredici tavole. i-xviii, 1-80. Stamperia dell'Iride, Napoli
• Di Staso A. (1905). Contributo alla conoscenza della famiglia Caecidae. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere. 22: 433-448, pl. 12

Notes and References

1. Gofas, S. (2009). Parastrophia de Folin, 1870. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137719