Agatha (gastropod)

Agatha
Shell of Agatha obesa (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Subfamily:	Syrnolinae
Tribe:	Syrnolini
Genus:	Agatha A. Adams, 1860[1]
Type species
Agatha virgo A. Adams, 1860
Species
See text
Synonyms
Amathis A. Adams, 1861 (objective synonym) Pyramidella (Agatha) A. Adams, 1860

Agatha is a small genus of minute sea snails or marine gastropod mollusks within the subfamily Syrnolinae, which is a part of the family Pyramidellidae.^[2]

They have bilateral symmetry and only have endoderm and ectoderm tissues.^{[citation needed]}

The species of this genus are ectoparasites on other invertebrates.

• Marine

• † Agatha alexanderi (Marwick, 1929)
• Agatha amabilis Nomura, 1936
• Agatha australis (Angas, 1871)
• Agatha brevis Yokoyama, 1922
• Agatha filia (Melvill, 1893)
• Agatha georgiana (Hutton, 1885)
• Agatha laevis (Angas, 1867)
• Agatha obesa Peñas & Rolán, 2016
• † Agatha otaioensis Laws, 1940
• Agatha pacei (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906)
• † Agatha pittensis (Marwick, 1928)
• Agatha placida Nomura, 1936
• Agatha vestalis Melvill, 1910
• Agatha virgo Weisbord, 1962

Species brought into synonymy

• Agatha angasi (Tryon, 1886): synonym of Syrnola angasi (Tryon, 1886)
• Agatha infrequens Nomura, 1937: synonym of Odostomia infrequens (Nomura, 1937)
• Agatha lepidula Habe, 1961: synonym of Tibersyrnola lepidula (Habe, 1961)
• Agatha simplex (Angas, 1871): synonym of Megastomia simplex (Angas, 1871)

• Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011) Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone