Barleeia

Barleeia
Barleeia unifasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Barleeiidae
Genus:	Barleeia W. Clark, 1853
Type species
Turbo ruber J. Adams, 1797
Synonyms
Barleia (incorrect subsequent spelling)

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

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• 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