Entemnotrochus

Entemnotrochus
A shell of Entemnotrochus rumphii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Pleurotomariida
Superfamily: Pleurotomarioidea
Family: Pleurotomariidae
Genus: Entemnotrochus
Fischer, 1885
Type species
Pleurotomaria adansoniana Crosse & P. Fischer, 1861
Synonyms

Pleurotomaria (Entemnotrochus) P. Fischer, 1885

Entemnotrochus is a genus of large to very large deepwater sea snails with gills and an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurotomariidae, the slit snails.[1]

Extant Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Entemnotrochus :[2]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Entemnotrochus urashima Shikama & Oishi in Shikama, 1977 : synonym of Entemnotrochus rumphii (Schepman, 1879)

Fossil species

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Entemnotrochus P. Fischer, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413448 on 2020-11-03
  2. ^ WoRMS : Entemnotrochus; accessed : 3 April 2011
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