Microdeuthria, 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 : 335

Microdeuthria new genus

Type species. Euthria michaelseni Strebel, 1905 .

Diagnosis. Shell fusiform, small, elongated, protoconch small, 2 1/2 smooth, flat, subquadrate whorls; Operculum oval, subterminal nucleus; radula very small, reduced in terms of tooth size and cusp number, rachidian very thin, flat, weak, with one central, triangular cusp; lateral teeth, slightly curved, triangular. Penis long, cylindrical, with a large papilla in the tip, rising from a hole.

Etymology. From micro + dent + euthria , small teeth euthria refers to the small size of the radular teeth. The genus is feminine.