Attenuata
Genus of gastropods
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Attenuata is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Lironobidae.[1]
| Attenuata | |
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| Attenuata schoutanica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Lironobidae |
| Genus: | Attenuata Hedley, 1918 |
| Type species | |
| Rissoa integella Hedley, 1904 | |
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Species
There are 21 species within the genus Attenuata, including:[1]
- † Attenuata admiranda Richardson, 1997
- Attenuata affinis (Powell, 1940)
- Attenuata archensis (May, 1913)
- Attenuata bollonsi (Powell, 1930)
- † Attenuata charassa (Finlay, 1924)
- Attenuata cochlearella (Powell, 1937)
- Attenuata contigua (Powell, 1940)
- † Attenuata eocenica Maxwell, 1992
- Attenuata finlayi (Powell, 1930)
- Attenuata hinemoa (C. A. Fleming, 1948)
- † Attenuata inflata (Laws, 1939)
- Attenuata integella (Hedley, 1904)
- Attenuata lockyeri (Hedley, 1911)
- Attenuata manawatawhia (Powell, 1937)
- Attenuata merelina (Dell, 1956)
- Attenuata orientalis (Dell, 1956)
- † Attenuata polyvincta (Finlay, 1924)
- Attenuata praetornatilis (Hedley, 1912)
- Attenuata regis (Powell, 1940)
- Attenuata schoutanica (May, 1913)
- Attenuata wilsonensis (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1913)
Distribution
This marine genus is endemic to Australia and is found off New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.