Barleeia

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Barleysnail
Barleeia rubra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha

Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Barleeiidae
Genus: Barleeia
Gray, 1857
Species

See text.

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:

  • Barleeia acuta (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) - Acute barleysnail - America
  • Barleeia aemilii (S. Gofas, 1995) Cape Verde
  • Barleeia alderi (Carpenter, 1856) – West America
  • Barleeia angustata (H.A. Pilsbry, 1901) – Indo-Pacific
  • Barleeia annamitica (Ph. Dautzenberg. & H. Fischer, 1907)
  • Barleeia bentleyi (P. Bartsch, 1920) – West America
  • Barleeia caffra (G. Barleeia Sowerby, 1897)
  • Barleeia cala (E. A. Smith, 1890) St. Helena
  • Barleeia calcarea (E. A. Kay, 1979) - Hawaii
  • Barleeia californica (Bartsch, 1920) - California barleysnail - America
  • Barleeia carpenteri (P. Bartsch, 1920) – West-America
  • Barleeia chefiae (S. Gofas, 1995) Cape Verde
  • Barleeia chrysomela Melvill & Standen, 1896
  • Barleeia cinguloides (S. Gofas, 1995) Namibia, Angola.
  • Barleeia compacta (J. G. Jeffreys, 1884) Europe
  • Barleeia congenita (E. A. Smith, 1890)
  • Barleeia creutzbergi (K.M. de Jong, & H.E. Coomans, 1988) Mexico, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao.
  • Barleeia ephamilla (E. A. Smith, 1890) St. Helena
  • Barleeia fuscopicta (E.A. Smith, 1890)
  • Barleeia gougati (Michaud, 1829) Mediterranean
  • Barleeia haliotiphila (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) - Abalone barleysnail - This intertidal snail is one of the most common gastropods to be found in the biotic community at moderate tidal levels. Its diet consists of algae, such as Rhodoglossum affine, Gigartina papillata, Gigartina leptorhynchos. Range: East Pacific, North America.
  • Barleeia meridionalis (W. F. Ponder. & Worsfold, 1994) Peru
  • Barleeia mexicana (Cruz-Abrego, 1998) Mexico, Cuba
  • Barleeia microthyra (E.C. von Martens, 1880) Indo-Pacific
  • Barleeia oldroydi (P. Bartsch, 1920)
  • Barleeia orcutti (P. Bartsch, 1920) West America
  • Barleeia pervulgata (S. Gofas, 1995) Namibia, Angola
  • Barleeia picta (S. Gofas, 1995) Namibia, Angola
  • Barleeia polychroma (de Folin, 1870) West America
  • Barleeia rubra (A. A. Adams, 1795) West Africa
  • Barleeia rubra majuscula (T. A. di Monterosato, 1877) Europe
  • Barleeia rubrooperculata (Z.J.A. de Castellanos & F. Fernandes, 1972) southern Brazil, Uruguay.
  • Barleeia sanjuanensis (P. Bartsch, 1920)
  • Barleeia seminulum (T. A. di Monterosato1877) Europe
  • Barleeia subtenuis (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) - Fragile barleysnail - America
  • Barleeia taeniolata (S. Gofas, 1995) São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Barleeia tincta (R. J. L. Guppy, 1895) - Caribbean barleysnail - eastern Florida, Trinidad.
  • Barleeia tomensis (S. Gofas, 1995) São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Barleeia trifasciata (T. Habe, 1960) Japan
  • Barleeia tropica (J. Thiele, 1925)
  • Barleeia unifasciata (G. Montagu, 1803) - Shetland into Mediterranean; Canary Islands
  • Barleeia verdensis (S. Gofas, 1995) Cape Verde
  • Barleeia zeteki (A. M. Strong & L. G. Hertlein, 1939) West America

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