Argeneuthria, Pastorino, Guido, 2016

Pastorino, Guido, 2016, Revision of the genera Pareuthria Strebel, 1905, Glypteuthria Strebel, 1905 and Meteuthria Thiele, 1912 (Gastropoda: Buccinulidae) with the description of three new genera and two new species from Southwestern Atlantic waters, Zootaxa 4179 (3), pp. 301-344 : 326

Argeneuthria new genus

Type species. Euthria cerealis Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885 .

Diagnosis. Shell small to medium-sized, up to about 15.5 mm in total height, fusiform. Flat whorls, smooth or spiral cords and axial varices. Protoconch smooth. Elliptic aperture. Rachidian teeth tricuspid, rectangular, all cusps of the same size, lateral teeth Prosipho- like with two main curved cusps, the outer single or bifid. Penis cylindrical, with a small or large papilla rising from a hole.

Etymology. From the combination of Argentina and Euthria . The name is feminine.

Included species. Argeneuthria cerealis ( Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885) ; A. paessleri ( Strebel, 1905) ; A. euthrioides ( Melvill & Standen, 1898) ; A. philippii ( Strebel, 1905) ; A. varicosa n. sp.