Theta (gastropod)

Short description: Genus of gastropods

Theta

Shell of Theta chariessa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Neogastropoda
Family:  | Raphitomidae
Genus:  | Theta
A.H. Clark, 1959
Type species
Pleurotomella (Theta) lyronuclea

A. H. Clarke, 1959

Synonyms[1]

Pleurotomella (Theta) A. H. Clarke, 1959 (original rank)

Theta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

## Species

Species within the genus Theta include:[1]

* Theta baiocchii Nappo & Pellegrini, 2021
* Theta chariessa (Watson, 1881)
* Theta lyronuclea (Clarke A.H., 1959)
* Theta microcostellata Criscione, Hallan, Puillandre & Fedosov, 2021
* Theta polita Criscione, Hallan, Puillandre & Fedosov, 2021
* Theta spicea (Watson, 1881)
* Theta vayssierei (Dautzenberg, 1925)

Species brought into synonymy

* Theta chrysoplex (Barnard, 1963): synonym of Gymnobela chrysopelex (Barnard, 1963)
* Theta lanceata (Dall, 1927): synonym of Gymnobela lanceata Dall, 1927

Synonyms

* Theta lanceata (Dall, 1927) : synonym of Gymnobela lanceata Dall, 1927

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Theta". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137834.

* Clarke, A. H. (1959). New abyssal molluscs from off Bermuda collected by the Lamont Geological Observatory. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 33(5): 231–238, pl. 13
* Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1980). Revision of the North-East Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. Suppl. 8: 1-119
* Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
* Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
* Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273–308.

## External links

* Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Zootaxa 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf.
* Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Raphitomidae
* Criscione, F.; Hallan, A.; Fedosov, A.; Puillandre, N. (2021). Deep Downunder: Integrative taxonomy of Austrobela, Spergo, Theta and Austrotheta (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Raphitomidae) from the deep sea of Australia. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. DOI 10.1111/jzs.12512.

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