Cirsotrema

Genus of gastropods


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::summary Genus of gastropods ::

|image = Cirsotrema varicosum 01.JPG |image_caption = Shell of Cirsotrema varicosum (Lamarck, 1822) |taxon = Cirsotrema |authority = Mörch, 1852 |type_species = Scalaria varicosa |type_species_authority = Lamarck, 1822 |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text |synonyms_ref =
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  • Caloscala Tate, 1885
  • Cirsotremma (Spelling variation)
  • Cirsotrema (Circuloscala) De Boury, 1886 †· accepted, alternate representation
  • Cirsotrema (Cirsotrema) Mörch, 1852
  • Cirsotrema (Coroniscala) de Boury, 1909 †· accepted, alternate representation
  • Cirsotrema (Tioria) Marwick, 1928 †· accepted, alternate representation
  • Cirsotremopsis Thiele, 1928
  • Coroniscala de Boury, 1909 †
  • Dannevigena Iredale, 1936
  • Elegantiscala de Boury, 1911 †
  • Laniscala Lan, 1976
  • Mammiscala de Boury, 1909
  • Rectacirsa Iredale, 1936
  • Scala (Cirsotrema) Mörch, 1852
  • Scala (Coroniscala) de Boury, 1909 †
  • Scala (Elegantiscala) de Boury, 1911
  • Scala (Mammiscala) de Boury, 1909 †
  • Scalaria (Cirsotrema) Mörch, 1852
  • Tioria Marwick, 1928 † |display_parents = 3

Cirsostrema is a genus of very small deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as the wentletraps.

The type species of the family is Scalaria varicosa Lamarck, 1822.

Species

References

  • Marwick, J. (1928). The Tertiary Mollusca of the Chatham Islands, including a generic review of the New Zealand Pectinidae. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 58: 431-506
  • Kilburn, R.N., 1985. The family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum 27(1): 239-337
  • Beu, A.G. 2011 Marine Molluscs of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 4. Gastropoda (Ptenoglossa, Neogastropoda, Heterobranchia). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 41, 1–153

References

  1. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Cirsotrema Mörch, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137938 on 2010-12-29

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