Parvaplustrum

Parvaplustrum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Infraclass:	Mesoneura
Superfamily:	Tjaernoeioidea
Family:	Parvaplustridae
Genus:	Parvaplustrum; Powell, 1951
Type species
	Parvaplustrum tenerum; Powell, 1951
Synonyms
	Parvamplustrum (misspelling)

Parvaplustrum is a genus of marine gastropods in the monotypic family Parvaplustridae. ^[1]

Parvaplustrum had previously been classified as members of Acteonoidea, which they resemble in having bubble-like shells. Parvaplustrum is most closely related to Tjaernoeia, but they have sufficiently different morphology to be considered distinct families.^[2]

Some species of Parvaplustrum, such as P. cadieni, are found in chemosynthesis-based deep-sea ecosystems, while others are not.^[3]

Species

Parvaplustrum cadieni Á. Valdés, Gosliner & Warén, 2017
† Parvaplustrum glaciale (Wilckens, 1910)
Parvaplustrum japonicum Chaban & Chernyshev, 2013
Parvaplustrum tenerum A. W. B. Powell, 1951
Parvaplustrum wareni Chaban, Schepetov, Ekimova, Nekhaev & Chernyshev, 2022

References

^ MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Parvaplustrum A. W. B. Powell, 1951. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=510343 on 2025-06-26
^ Brenzinger, Bastian; Schrödl, Michael; Kano, Yasunori (2021-10-25). "Origin and significance of two pairs of head tentacles in the radiation of euthyneuran sea slugs and land snails". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 21016. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-99172-5. ISSN 2045-2322.
^ Chaban, Elena M.; Schepetov, Dimitry M.; Ekimova, Irina A.; Nekhaev, Ivan O.; Chеrnyshev, Alexei V. (2022-08-01). "The first record of the family Parvaplustridae (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) from hydrothermal vent fields of the Piip Volcano, Bering Sea with the description of a new species of the genus Parvaplustrum". Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 202: 105135. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2022.105135. ISSN 0967-0645.

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[WoRMS-1] MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Parvaplustrum A. W. B. Powell, 1951. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=510343 on 2025-06-26

[Brenzinger2021-2] Brenzinger, Bastian; Schrödl, Michael; Kano, Yasunori (2021-10-25). "Origin and significance of two pairs of head tentacles in the radiation of euthyneuran sea slugs and land snails". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 21016. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-99172-5. ISSN 2045-2322.

[Chaban2022-3] Chaban, Elena M.; Schepetov, Dimitry M.; Ekimova, Irina A.; Nekhaev, Ivan O.; Chеrnyshev, Alexei V. (2022-08-01). "The first record of the family Parvaplustridae (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) from hydrothermal vent fields of the Piip Volcano, Bering Sea with the description of a new species of the genus Parvaplustrum". Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 202: 105135. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2022.105135. ISSN 0967-0645.

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