Ersilia is a minor genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae.[1]
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| Ersilia oligocaenica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Vanikoroidea |
| Family: | Eulimidae |
| Genus: | Ersilia Monterosato, 1872 |
| Type species | |
| Lacuna mediterranea Monterosato, 1869 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Hersilia Monterosato, 1872 | |
Species
editOnly two known species exist within this genus:
- Ersilia mediterranea (Monterosato, 1872)
- † Ersilia oligocaenica Lozouet, 1999
- Ersilia stancyki (Warén, 1980)
References
edit- ^ a b Monterosato, 1872. Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137969 on 2013-01-21.
- Warén, A. (1980). Descriptions of new taxa of Eulimidae (Mollusca, Prosobranchia), with notes on some previously described genera. Zoologica Scripta. 9: 283-306
- Lozouet, P., 1999. Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur d'Aquitaine (sud-ouest de la France). Partie 2. Cossmanniana 6(1-2): 1-68
External links
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- To World Register of Marine Species
- Monterosato, T. A. di. (1872). Notizie intorno alle conchiglie mediterranee. Michele Amenta, Palermo, 61 pp
- Warén, A. (1984). A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies. suppl 13: 1-96.
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