• Source: Barleeia

Barleeia, or the barleysnails, is a genus of very small sea snails. They are marine gastropod micromollusks in the family Barleeiidae. These snails are usually only a couple of millimeters in length.




Species


Species within the genus Barleeia include:

Species brought into synonymy

Barleeia acuta P. P. Carpenter 1864 - acute barleysnail - America: synonym of Pseudodiala acuta (Carpenter, 1864)
Barleeia angustata H.A. Pilsbry 1901 – Indo-Pacific: synonym of Ansola angustata (Pilsbry, 1901)
Barleeia compacta (J. G. Jeffreys 1884) Europe: synonym of Barleeia gougeti (Michaud, 1830) (junior synonym)
Barleeia rubra (A. A. Adam, 1795) West Africa: synonym of Barleeia unifasciata (Montagu, 1803)
Barleeia zeteki (A. M. Strong & L. G. Hertlein 1939) West America: synonym of Barleeia paupercula (C. B. Adams, 1852)




References



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.




External links



Clark W. (1853). On the Rissoa rubra. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (2)12: 107-110
Images from www.gastropods.com
W. F. (1983). Review of the genera of the Barleeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum 35: 231-281

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Barleeia
• Barleeiidae
• Notosetia neozelanica
• Diala
• Micromollusc
• Tomensis
• Diala semistriata
• Turbo (gastropod)
• Littorinimorpha
• Assiminea vulgaris