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Eurathea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Pyramidellidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Pyramidelloidea

Subfamily
  
Odostomiinae

Eurathea is a small genus of very small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the tribe Chrysallidini within the family Pyramidellidae.

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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.

Species

Species within the genus Eurathea include:

  • Eurathea humerica Laseron, 1959 - type species, the type locality is Darwin, Australia. The length of the shell is 3.2 mm.

    • References

    Eurathea Wikipedia
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