Status of the genus Oceanida Defolin (Gastropoda: Eulimidae), with a description of a new species
Lyons, W.G. (1978). Status of the genus Oceanida Defolin (Gastropoda: Eulimidae), with a description of a new species. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 91(2): 539-545
In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Biological Society of Washington: Washington. ISSN 0006-324X; e-ISSN 1943-6327, more
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Classification > Taxonomy
Morphology (organisms)
Taxa > Species > New taxa > New species
Eulimidae R. A. Philippi, 1853 [WoRMS]; Gastropoda [WoRMS]; Oceanidae
Marine/Coastal |
| Abstract |
Monotypic genera Spiroclimax and Athleenia are later synonyms of Oceanida; type-species of both genera are identical to O. graduata, the type-species of Oceanida. All were described from the tropical western Atlantic. Oceanida inglei sp.nov. from Florida and North Carolina differs from O. graduata by lacking tabulate shoulders at posterior angles of spiral whorls. Differences between Eulimidae (preferred to Melanellidae) and Stiliferidae are unclear, indicating the latter should be combined with the former family. |
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