Optediceros

<i>Optediceros</i>

Optediceros

Genus of gastropods

Optediceros is a genus of minute operculate snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the subfamily Ekadantinae of the family Assimineidae.[1]

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Species

Species within Optediceros include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Optediceros corneum Leith, 1853: synonym of Assiminea cornea (Leith, 1853) (original combination)

References

  1. [1]
    MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Optediceros Leith, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716995 on 2019-06-23
  • Leith, A. H. 1853. Note on an Apparently New Genus of Gasteropod. The Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 5: 145-146.
  • Habe, T. (1942). Classification of Japanese Assimineidae. Venus. 12(1-2): 32-56, pls 1-4.


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