Eurathea

Taxobox
name = "Eurathea"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
ordo = Heterostropha
superfamilia = Pyramidelloidea
familia = Pyramidellidae
subfamilia = Chrysallidinae
genus = "Eurathea"
genus_authority = Laseron, 1959
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Eurathea" is a small genus of very small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks or micromollusks. This genus is currently placed in the family Odostomiidae, in the subfamily Chrysallidinae.

Distribution

So far, species in this genus have only been described from Australia.

Life habits

Little is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As is true of most members of the Pyramidellidae "sensu lato", they are ectoparasites.

pecies within the genus "Eurathea"

* "Eurathea humerica" Laseron, 1959 (Type species)

References

* cite journal
author = Laseron, C. F.
year = 1959
date=
title = Family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from Northern Australia
journal = Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research
volume = 10
issue =
pages = 177–267
issn =
doi =