Eocithara is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the family Harpidae.[1]
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| Shell of Eocithara elegans (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Harpidae |
| Genus: | †Eocithara P. Fischer, 1883 |
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Species
editSpecies within the genus Eocithara include:[1]
- † Eocithara elegans (Deshayes, 1835)
- † Eocithara eucosmia Merle & Pacaud, 2004
- † Eocithara helenae Merle & Pacaud, 2004
- † Eocithara jacksonensis (G. D. Harris, 1896)
- † Eocithara lamellifera (Tate, 1889)
- † Eocithara mutica (Lamarck, 1803)
- † Eocithara rosenkrantzi Merle & Pacaud, 2004
- † Eocithara submutica (d'Orbigny, 1852)
- † Eocithara waihaoensis Laws, 1935
References
edit- ^ a b c MolluscaBase (2018). Eocithara P. Fischer, 1883. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=828189 on 2019-01-13
- Cossmann (M.) & Pissarro (G.), 1913 Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris, t. 2, p. pl. 46-65
- Laws, C. R. (1935). New Eocene Mollusca from New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 65: 23-29.
- Termier (H.) & Termier (G.), 1960 Paléontologie stratigraphique. Quatrième fascicule: Eocène-Oligocène-Miocène-Pliocène- Quaternaire et index général, p. 359-512
- Le Renard (J.) & Pacaud (J.-M.), 1995 Révision des Mollusques paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. 2 - Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana, t. 3, vol. 3, p. 65-132
- Merle (D.) & Pacaud (J.-M.), 2004 New species of Eocithara Fischer, 1883 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Harpidae) from the Early Paleogene with phylogenetic analysis of the Harpidae. Geodiversitas, t. 26, vol. 1, p. 61-87
External links
edit- Fischer P. (1880-1887). Manuel de Conchyliologie et de Paléontologie Conchyliologique. Paris, Savy pp. XXIV + 1369 + pl. 23.
- Rehder H.A. (1973). The family Harpidae of the world. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(16) : 207-274
- Merle D. & Pacaud J.-M. (2004). New species of Eocithara Fischer, 1883 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Harpidae) from the Early Paleogene with phylogenetic analysis of the Harpidae. Geodiversitas. 26(1) : 61-87