Agatha (gastropod)

Agatha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Heterobranchia
Clade: Euthyneura
Clade: Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Agatha (gastropod)
A. Adams, 1860[1]
Type species
Agatha virgo A. Adams, 1860
Species

See text

Synonyms

Amathis A. Adams, 1861 (objective synonym)

Agatha is a small genus of minute sea snails or marine gastropod mollusks within the subfamily Syrnolinae, which is a part of the family Pyramidellidae.[2]

They have bilateral symmetry, and only have endoderm and ectoderm tissues.

The species of this genus are ectoparasites on other invertebrates.

Distribution

Species

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Adams A. (1860). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3)6: 422.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Agatha A. Adams, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599126 on 2012-08-27
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