Barleeia

Taxobox
name = Barleysnail


image_width = 100px
image_caption = "Barleeia rubra"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
superordo = Caenogastropoda
ordo = Neotaenioglossa
familia = Barleeidae
genus = "Barleeia"
genus_authority = Gray, 1857
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Barleeia", or Barleysnail, is a genus of very small sea snails. They are marine gastropod micromollusks in the family Barleeidae. These snails are usually only a couple of millimeters in length.

Species with common names

* Abalone barleysnail, "Barleeia haliotiphila" (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) 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.
* Acute barleysnail, "Barleeia acuta" (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) - America
* Atlantic mud piddock, "Barleeia truncata" (Say, 1822)
* California barleysnail, "Barleeia californica" (Bartsch, 1920) - America
* Caribbean barleysnail, "Barleeia tincta" (R. J. L. Guppy, 1895) - eastern Florida, Trinidad
* Fragile barleysnail, "Barleeia subtenuis" (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) – America

Additional species

* "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 carpenteri" (P. Bartsch, 1920) – West-America
* "Barleeia chefiae" (S. Gofas, 1995) Cape Verde
* "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 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 taeniolata" (S. Gofas, 1995) Sao Tome & Principe
* "Barleeia tomensis" (S. Gofas, 1995) Sao Tome & Principe
* "Barleeia trifasciata" (T. Habe, 1960) Japan
* "Barleeia tropica" (J. Thiele, 1925)
* "Barleeia unifasciata" (G. Montagu, 1803) - Shetlands into Mediterranean; Canaries
* "Barleeia verdensis" (S. Gofas, 1995) Cape Verde
* "Barleeia zeteki" (A. M. Strong & J. G. Hertlein, 1939) West America

External links

* [http://sifr.jcu.edu.au/gbr/view.php?stage=taxon&taxon_no=7654 Taxonomy]
* [http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=73206 Different taxonomy]
* [http://www.gastropods.com/2/Shell_11472.html Images from www.gastropods.com]