Parastrophia

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Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Caecidae		Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Rissooidea Rank Genus
Similar Caecidae, Caecum glabrum, Caecum trachea, Melanella, Cerithiopsis

Parastrophia is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Caecidae.

Species

Species within the genus Parastrophia include:

Parastrophia asturiana de Folin, 1870

Parastrophia challengeri de Folin, 1880

Parastrophia cornucopiae (de Folin, 1869)

Parastrophia cygnicollis (Hedley, 1904)

Parastrophia elegans (de Folin, 1880)

Parastrophia erseusi Hughes, 1993

Parastrophia japonica Hinoide & Habe, 1978

Parastrophia megadattilida Pizzini, Raines & Vannozzi, 2013

Parastrophia melanesiana Pizzini, Raines & Vannozzi, 2013

Parastrophia pulcherrima Pizzini, Raines & Vannozzi, 2013

Parastrophia queenslandica (Iredale & Laseron, 1957)

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)

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