Pelseneeria is a genus of very small ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Eulimidae. This genus was first described by R. Koehler and C. Vaney in 1908.[1]

Species

Species within the genera Pelseneeria include:[1]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Pelseneeria globosus (Johnston, 1841): synonym of Pelseneeria stylifera (Turton, 1825)
  • Pelseneeria secundus [sic]: synonym of Pelseneeria secunda (Powell, 1940)
  • Pelseneeria turtoni (Broderip, 1832): synonym of Pelseneeria stylifera (Turton, 1825)
  • Pelseneeria verrilli (Dall, 1927): synonym of Pelseneeria stimpsonii (A. E. Verrill, 1872)

References

  • Koehler R. & Vaney C. (1908). Description d'un nouveau genre de Prosobranches parasite sur certains Echinides. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique de Monaco 118: 1-16
  • Winckworth, R. (1932). The British marine Mollusca. Journal of Conchology. 19 (7): 211-252.
  • Ivanov, 1952 [Trudy Leningradskogo Obshchestva Estestvoispytatelei, Otdelenie Zoologii, 71(4): 134].
  • Powell, A. W. B. (1939). "The Mollusca of Stewart Island". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 2: 211–238. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42905983. Wikidata Q58676613.
  • Warén, A. (1984). A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies. suppl 13: 1-96. page(s): 64

Further reading

  • Waren, Anders (1980). "Revision of the Genera Thyca, Stilifer, Scalenostoma, Mucronalia and Echineulima (Mollusca, Prosobranchia, Eulimidae)". Zoologica Scripta. 9: 187. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1980.tb00663.x.


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