Enaeta
| Enaeta | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Subfamily: | Volutinae |
| Genus: | Enaeta H. & A. Adams, 1853 |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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:
- Enaeta barnesii (Gray, 1825)[2]
- Enaeta cumingii (Broderip, 1832)[3]
- Enaeta cylleniformis (Sowerby I, 1844)[4]
- Enaeta guildingii (Sowerby I, 1844)[5]
- Enaeta leonardhilli Petuch, 1982[6]
- Enaeta reevei (Dall, 1907)[7]
References
- 1 2 3 Enaeta H. & A. Adams, 1853. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 August 2012.
- ↑ Enaeta barnesii (Gray, 1825). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ↑ Enaeta cumingii (Broderip, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ↑ Enaeta cylleniformis (Sowerby I, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ↑ Enaeta guildingii (Sowerby I, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ↑ Enaeta leonardhilli Petuch, 1982. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ↑ 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
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