Omalogyra is a genus of minute marine gastropod molluscs in the family Omalogyridae.[1]
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| Shell of Omalogyra zebrina (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Infraclass: | Lower Heterobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Omalogyroidea |
| Family: | Omalogyridae |
| Genus: | Omalogyra Jeffreys, 1860 |
| Type species | |
| Skenea nitidissima (Adams, 1800), sensu Forbes & Hanley, 1850 | |
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This genus includes the smallest gastropods, with adult sizes of 1 mm and even less.
Species
editSpecies within the genus Omalogyra include:
- Omalogyra ammonitoides (Powell, 1940)
- Omalogyra antarctica Egorova, 1991
- Omalogyra atomus (Philippi, 1841) - atom snail
- Omalogyra burdwoodiana Strebel, 1908
- Omalogyra densicostata (Jeffreys, 1884)[2]
- Omalogyra disculus Palazzi, 1988
- Omalogyra fusca Suter, 1908(Jeffreys, 1884)
- Omalogyra fuscopardalis Rolán, 1992
- Omalogyra liliputia (Laseron, 1954)
- Omalogyra simplex (Costa O.G., 1861)
- Omalogyra taludana Castellanos, 1989
- Omalogyra undosa Palazzi, 1988
- Omalogyra zebrina Rolán, 1992
- Species brought into synonymy
- Omalogyra (Ammonicera) Vayssière, 1893: synonym of Ammonicera Vayssière, 1893
- Omalogyra (Ammonicera) planorbis (Dall, 1927): synonym of Palazzia planorbis (Dall, 1927)
- Omalogyra (Ammonicera) rota Forbes & Hanley, 1850: synonym of Ammonicera rota (Forbes & Hanley, 1850)
- Omalogyra atomus (Philippi, 1841) sensu Arnaud, 1972: synonym of Omalogyra antarctica Egorova, 1991 (misapplication)
- Omalogyra ausonia Palazzi, 1988: synonym of Palazzia ausonia (Palazzi, 1988)
- Omalogyra bicarinata Suter, 1908: synonym of Zerotula bicarinata (Suter, 1908)
- Omalogyra discula Palazzi, 1988: synonym of Omalogyra disculus Palazzi, 1988
- Omalogyra fischeriana Monterosato, 1869: synonym of Ammonicera fischeriana (Monterosato, 1869)
- Omalogyra nodicarinata Sleurs, 1983: synonym of Ammonicera nodicarinata (Sleurs, 1985)
- Omalogyra planorbis (Dall, 1927): synonym of Palazzia planorbis (Dall, 1927)
- Omalogyra pulcherrima Brazier in Henn & Brazier, 1894: synonym of Liotella pulcherrima (Brazier in Henn & Brazier, 1894)
- Omalogyra vangoethemi Sleurs, 1983: synonym of Ammonicera vangoethemi (Sleurs, 1985)
References
edit- ^ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Omalogyra Jeffreys, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138276 on 2012-01-10
- ^ Sartori, André F.; Bieler, RüDiger (7 October 2014). "Three new species of Ammonicera from the Eastern Pacific coast of North America, with redescriptions and comments on other species of Omalogyridae (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia)". Zootaxa. 3872 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3872.1.1.
- "Omalogyra". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Jeffreys, J.G. 1859. Notes on British Mollusca , in answer to Mr William Clark's remarks on "Gleanings in British Conchology". Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3: 496-499
- Jeffreys, J. G. (1860). Sur le mollusque designé par MM. Forbes & Hanley sous le nom de Skenea nitidissima. Journal de Conchyliologie. 8: 108-111.
- 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
- Rolàn, E., 1992. The family Omalogyridae G.O. Sars, 1878 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in Cuba with description of eight new species. Apex 7(2): 35-46
External links
edit- Costa, O. G. (1861). Microdoride mediterranea; o, Descrizione de poco ben conosciuti od affatto ignoti viventi minuti e micoscropici del Meditterraneo, pel professore O. G. Costa. Tomo primo. Con tredici tavole. i-xviii, 1-80. Stamperia dell'Iride, Napoli
- Laseron, C. F. (1954). Revision of the Liotiidae of New South Wales. The Australian Zoologist. 12 (1): 1-25
- Tate R. 1868. Appendix to the Manual of the Mollusca of S.P. Woodward, A.L.S. London, Virtue & Co., 86 pp