Vitreolina is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the Eulimidae family.
This genus was first described by Monterosato in 1884. He proposed it as a section in the family Eulimidae for some of the Mediterranean species. It contains the small vitreous species without internal varices, with curved spire and slightly obtuse apex.
Species Species within the genus Vitreolina include:
Vitreolina alayoi Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2001 Vitreolina antiflexa Monterosato, 1884 Vitreolina arcuata C. B. Adams, 1850 Vitreolina aurata Hirase, 1920 Vitreolina bermudezi Pilsbry & Aguayo, 1933 Vitreolina chondrocidaricola Warén, B. L. Burch & T. A. Burch, 1984 Vitreolina cionella Monterosato, 1878 Vitreolina colini Espinosa & Ortea, 2006 Vitreolina columbiana Bartsch, 1917 Vitreolina commensalis Tate, 1898 Vitreolina conica C. B. Adams, 1850 Vitreolina curva Monterosato, 1874 Vitreolina drangai (Hertlein & Strong, 1951) Vitreolina edwardsi Cotton & Godfrey, 1932 Vitreolina hawaiiensis Warén, B. L. Burch & T. A. Burch, 1984 Vitreolina inconspicua Turton, 1932 Vitreolina incurva Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883 (Type taxon) Vitreolina knudseni Bouchet & Warén, 1986 Vitreolina macra Bartsch, 1917 Vitreolina maracuya Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2001 Vitreolina parfaiti de Folin, 1887 Vitreolina perminima Jeffreys, 1883 Vitreolina philippi de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854 Vitreolina rhaeba Melvill, 1906 † Vitreolina subbrevis (A. d'Orbigny, 1852) Vitreolina subconica E. A. Smith, 1890 Vitreolina titubans Berry, 1956 Vitreolina wareni Rehder, 1980 Vitreolina yod Carpenter, 1857
Species brought into synonymy Vitreolina akauni Habe, 1952: synonym of Eulitoma akauni (Habe, 1952) Vitreolina dautzenbergi (Pallary, 1900): synonym of Curveulima dautzenbergi (Pallary, 1900) Vitreolina devians Monterosato, 1884: synonym of Curveulima devians (Monterosato, 1884) Vitreolina incurvata [sic]: synonym of Vitreolina incurva (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883) Vitreolina levantina Oliverio, Buzzurro & Villa, 1994: synonym of Melanella levantina (Oliverio, Buzzurro & Villa, 1994) Vitreolina nishimurai Habe, 1958 : synonym of Eulitoma nishimurai (Habe, 1958) Vitreolina petitiana (Brusina, 1869): synonym of Melanella petitiana (Brusina, 1869) Vitreolina philippii (Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854): synonym of Vitreolina philippi (de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854) Taxon inquirendum Vitreolina kowiensis (Turton, 1932)
References
Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp
External links
Marine Species Identification Portal