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Genus of gastropods

Orbitestella
Shell of Orbitestella radiata (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Infraclass: Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily: Orbitestelloidea
Family: Orbitestellidae
Genus: Orbitestella
Iredale, 1917
Type species
Cyclostrema bastowi Gatliff, 1906
Synonyms
  • Omalogyra (Omalogyrina) Magne & Vergneau-Saubade, 1973 (unavailable name: no diagnosis, no type species designation)
  • Orbitestella (Omalogyrina) Magne & Vergneau-Saubade, 1973

Orbitestella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Orbitestellidae.

Species

Species brought into synonymy
  • Orbitestella mayii (Tate, 1899): synonym of Microcarina mayii (Tate, 1899)
  • Orbitestella vera Powell, 1940: synonym of Orbitestella parva (Finlay, 1924)

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Orbitestella Iredale, 1917. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138295 on 2021-07-04
  • Magne A. & Vergneau-Saubade A.M. (1973). Le gisement stampien de Bruges (Gironde). Mollusques. Bulletin de l'Institut Géologique du Bassin d'Aquitaine. 14: 111-116.
  • Ponder, W. F. (1967). The classification of the Rissoidae and Orbitestellidae with descriptions of some new taxa. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Zoology. 9(17): 193-224, pls 1-13.
  • Ponder, W.F. (1990). The anatomy and relationships of the Orbitestellidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 56: 515-532

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Taxon identifiers
Orbitestella
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