Stromboidea

• Thersiteidae
  • Pereiraea Crosse, 1867

Type species: Pleurotoma Gervaisii Vézian, 1856

Pereiraea species are:

• Pereiraea africana Douville, 1933
• Pereiraea beyrichi Oppenheim, 1906
• Pereiraea brevispira Lecointre, 1946
• Pereiraea deshayesi Mayer-Eymar
• Pereiraea gervaisii (Vézian, 1856)
• Pereiraea palmerae Abbass, 1967
• Pereiraea schweinfurthi Oppenheim, 1906
• Pereiraea strombiformis (Pomel, 1887)

Etymology: named after Pereira Da Costa

History and Synonymy:

Pereiraea Crosse, 1867

• syn.: Pereira Simroth, 1907:1043 [err. pro Pereiraea Crosse, 1867]
• syn.: Pereiraia Schloenbach, 1867:324 [emend. pro Pereiraea Crosse, 1867, non Pereiraia Cuocolo, 1943:213 (Nematoda)]
• syn.: Pereireia

Note

• Pereiria Lindley, 1838 (flower) is not a senior homonym of Pereiraea Crosse, 1868 (plants and animals can have the same name; also see ICZN Art. 56.2.)

References

• H. Crosse, 1867. Gastéropodes dos depositos terciarios, etc. (Gastéropodes des dépôts tertiaires du Portugal), par Pereira Da Costa , F. A. 2.fascicule (1); Journal de Conchyliologie, t. 15(1867), p. 464-465
• Cuocolo, 1943. Arq. Inst. biol. S. Paulo, 14, 213
• Schloenbach, 1867; Verh. geol. Reichsanst. 1, 324
• Simroth, 1907 in Bronn, Klass. Ordn. Tierreichs, 3, Lief. 90-94, 1043