Vitreolina Monterosato 1884

Vitreolina is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the Eulimidae family.^[1]

This genus was first described by Monterosato in 1884. He proposed it as a section in the family Eulimidae for some of the Mediterranean species. It contains the small vitreous species without internal varices, with curved spire and slightly obtuse apex.

Species

Species within the genus Vitreolina include:^[1]

Species brought into synonymy

• Vitreolina akauni Habe, 1952: synonym of Eulitoma akauni (Habe, 1952)
• Vitreolina dautzenbergi (Pallary, 1900): synonym of Curveulima dautzenbergi (Pallary, 1900)
• Vitreolina devians Monterosato, 1884: synonym of Curveulima devians (Monterosato, 1884)
• Vitreolina incurvata [sic]: synonym of Vitreolina incurva (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883)
• Vitreolina levantina Oliverio, Buzzurro & Villa, 1994: synonym of Melanella levantina (Oliverio, Buzzurro & Villa, 1994)
• Vitreolina nishimurai Habe, 1958 : synonym of Eulitoma nishimurai (Habe, 1958)
• Vitreolina petitiana (Brusina, 1869): synonym of Melanella petitiana (Brusina, 1869)
• Vitreolina philippii (Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854): synonym of Vitreolina philippi (de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854)

Taxon inquirendum

• Vitreolina kowiensis (Turton, 1932)

References

• Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp