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Enaeta

Enaeta
Enaeta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Subfamily: Volutinae
Genus: Enaeta
H. & A. Adams, 1853
Synonyms[1]

Lyria (Enaeta) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

Enaeta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.[1]

Description

The small shell has an ovate to fusiform shape. The protoconch is small and smooth. The teleoconch is covered with axial ribs. There is a conspicuous tooth-like blunt nodule on the midpoint of the outer lip. The radula is uniserial with an interlocking central cusp.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs from the Caribbean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean south to Brazil and Fernando de Noronha Islands.

Species

Species within the genus Enaeta include:

References

  1. ^ a b c Enaeta H. & A. Adams, 1853. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 August 2012.
  2. ^ Enaeta barnesii (Gray, 1825). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  3. ^ Enaeta cumingii (Broderip, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  4. ^ Enaeta cylleniformis (Sowerby I, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  5. ^ Enaeta guildingii (Sowerby I, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  6. ^ Enaeta leonardhilli Petuch, 1982. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  7. ^ Enaeta reevei (Dall, 1907). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl


Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enaeta