Orbitestella Iredale 1917

Orbitestella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Orbitestellidae.^[1]

Species

• Orbitestella aequicostata Raines, 2002
• Orbitestella bastowi (Gatliff, 1906)
• Orbitestella bermudezi (Aguayo & Borro, 1946)
• Orbitestella cordarta Rubio & Rolán, 2021
• Orbitestella cubana Rolán & Rubio, 1992
• Orbitestella dariae (Liuzzi & Zucchi Stolfa, 1979)
• Orbitestella decorata Laseron, 1954
• Orbitestella diegensis (Bartsch, 1907)
• † Orbitestella dioi Hybertsen & Kiel, 2018
• Orbitestella ellenstrongae Rubio & Rolán, 2021
• Orbitestella fijiensis Rubio & Rolán, 2021
• Orbitestella furtiva Rolán, Rubio & Letourneux, 2020
• Orbitestella gemmulata (W. H. Turton, 1932)
• † Orbitestella granulata Lozouet, 1998
• Orbitestella hinemoa Mestayer, 1919
• Orbitestella marquesensis Rubio & Rolán, 2021
• Orbitestella media Rubio & Rolán, 2021
• Orbitestella nova Rolán, Rubio & Letourneux, 2020
• Orbitestella pacifica Rubio & Rolán, 2021
• † Orbitestella palaiopacifica Squires & Goedert, 1996
• Orbitestella papuaensis Rubio & Rolán, 2021
• Orbitestella parva (Finlay, 1924)
• Orbitestella patagonica Simone & Zelaya, 2004
• Orbitestella peculiaris Rubio & Rolán, 2021
• Orbitestella perlata (Pelseneer, 1903)
• † Orbitestella planibasis (Gougerot & Le Renard, 1978)
• † Orbitestella plicatella (Cossmann, 1888)
• † Orbitestella ponderi Linse, 2002
• † Orbitestella praehinemoa Laws, 1939
• Orbitestella praetoreuma Laws, 1939
• Orbitestella pruinosa Ortega & Gofas, 2019
• Orbitestella radiata Rolán, Rubio & Letourneux, 2020
• Orbitestella regina Kay, 1979
• Orbitestella sarsi (Bush, 1897)
• Orbitestella similis Rolán & Rubio, 1992
• Orbitestella toreuma Powell, 1930
• Orbitestella vanuatuensis Rubio & Rolán, 2021
• Orbitestella wareni Ponder, 1990

Species brought into synonymy

• Orbitestella mayii (Tate, 1899): synonym of Microcarina mayii (Tate, 1899)
• Orbitestella vera Powell, 1940: synonym of Orbitestella parva (Finlay, 1924)

References

• Magne A. & Vergneau-Saubade A.M. (1973). Le gisement stampien de Bruges (Gironde). Mollusques. Bulletin de l'Institut Géologique du Bassin d'Aquitaine. 14: 111-116.
• Ponder, W. F. (1967). The classification of the Rissoidae and Orbitestellidae with descriptions of some new taxa. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Zoology. 9(17): 193-224, pls 1-13.
• Ponder, W.F. (1990). The anatomy and relationships of the Orbitestellidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 56: 515-532