Curveulima is a major genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae.[1]
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| Shell of Curveulima obliquistoma (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Eulimidae |
| Genus: | Curveulima Laseron, 1955 |
| Type species | |
| Curveulima cornuta Laseron, 1955
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Species
editThere are multiple known species to exist within the genus, Curveulima, these include the following:
- Curveulima abrupta (Laseron, 1955)
- Curveulima aupouria (Powell, 1937)
- Curveulima beneitoi (Peñas & Rolán, 2006)
- Curveulima bollonsi (Powell, 1937)
- Curveulima capensis (Thiele, 1915)
- Curveulima carifa (Bartsch, 1915)
- Curveulima cornuta (Laseron, 1955)
- Curveulima dautzenbergi (Pallary, 1900)
- Curveulima denscolubri (Melvill, 1896)
- Curveulima devians (Monterosato, 1884)
- Curveulima eschara (Bouchet & Warén, 1986)
- Curveulima icafra (Bartsch, 1915)
- Curveulima indiscreta (Tate, 1898)
- Curveulima komai (Habe, 1950)
- Curveulima litoris (Laseron, 1955)
- Curveulima macrophtalmica (Warén, 1972)
- Curveulima manifesta (Laseron, 1955)
- Curveulima marshalli (Bouchet & Warén, 1986)
- Curveulima obliquistoma (Bouchet & Warén, 1986)
- Curveulima otakauica (Dell, 1956)
- Curveulima pinguicula (A. Adams, 1861)
- Curveulima styla (Hoffman, van Heugten & Lavaleye, 2011)
- Curveulima titahica (Suter, 1908)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Curveulima commensalis (Tate, 1898): synonym of Vitreolina commensalis (Tate, 1898)
- Curveulima echinocardiachila (Habe, 1976): synonym of Hypermastus exhinocardiachila (Habe, 1976)
- Curveulima flavipunctata (Habe, 1961): synonym of Amamibalcis flavipunctata (Habe, 1961)
- Curveulima lata (Laseron, 1955): synonym of Parvioris subobtusa (Laseron, 1955)
- Curveulima macrophthalmica (Warén, 1972): synonym of Curveulima macrophtalmica (Warén, 1972)
- Curveulima nishimurai (Habe, 1958): synonym of Eulitoma nishimurai (Habe, 1958)
- Curveulima obtusa (Laseron, 1955): synonym of Melanella obtusa (Laseron, 1955)
- Curveulima quantilla (Turton, 1932): synonym of Curveulima icafra (Bartsch, 1915)
- Curveulima subobtusa (Laseron, 1955): synonym of Parvioris subobtusa (Laseron, 1955)
- Taxon inquirendum
- Curveulima kowiensis (Turton, 1932)
References
edit- ^ Laseron, 1955. Warén A. (1984) A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies suppl. 13: 1-96. page(s): 38. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137964 on 2013-01-08.
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