Euthria

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Euthria
Euthria cingulata
Euthria cornea laying eggs
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Tudiclidae
Genus: Euthria
Gray, 1850
Type species
Murex corneus Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1]
  • Fusus (Euthria) Gray, 1850
  • Siphonofusus Kuroda & Habe, 1954
Fossil Euthria from the Pliocene of Cyprus.
Middle Miocene Euthria species from the Pannonian Basin (Central Paratethys)
Euthria calypso
Fossil shell of Euthria cornea from the Pliocene epoch of Italy

Euthria is a genus of sea snails belonging to the whelk family Tudiclidae. The genus contains many fossil and extant species.[2][1]

The range of Euthria ranges from the Mediterranean Sea, the eastern Atlantic, regions around southern Africa and the western Indo-Pacific. Euthria erythraea is the first recorded of this genus from the Red Sea.[3] This genus shows a highs degree of endemism with an example being seen in the Canary Islands archipelago where Euthria sophiae, Euthria macarroni, Euthria candoris and Euthria silviae can be found.[4][5]

Evolutionary history

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