''Cepolis'' is a genus of
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
s belonging to the family
Cepolidae
The bandfishes, family Cepolidae, are 23 species of marine ray-finned fishes, They are native to the East Atlantic and Indo-Pacific wherethey dig burrows in sandy or muddy seabeds and eat zooplankton.
Taxonomy
The bandfishes belong to the famil ...
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[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Cepolis Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995477 on 2021-05-13]
The species of this genus are found in Southeastern Asia and Central America.
Species:
* ''
Cepolis boriquenae''
H. B. Baker, 1940
*''
Cepolis cepa''
*''
Cepolis chocolata''
*''
Cepolis crusta''
*''
Cepolis cunctator''
* ''
Cepolis dermatina''
(Shuttleworth, 1854)
*''
Cepolis direpta''
*''
Cepolis infissa''
*''
Cepolis instrumosa''
*''
Cepolis isomeroides''
*''
Cepolis latebrosa''
*''
Cepolis poeyi''
*''
Cepolis squamosa''
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Cepolis definita''
Fulton, 1908: synonym of ''
Cepolella definita''
(Fulton, 1908) (original combination)
*''
epolis hispaniolana'' : synonym of ''Cepolella hispaniolana''
(Clench, 1962) (superseded combination)
* ''Cepolis levibasis''
Vanatta, 1923: synonym of ''
Cepolella definita''
(Fulton, 1908)
* ''Cepolis lincolni''
Bartsch, 1932: synonym of ''
Cepolella trizonalis''
(Grateloup, 1840)
* ''Cepolis maynardi''
(Pilsbry, 1892): synonym of ''Plagioptycha maynardi''
(Pilsbry, 1892) (unaccepted combination)
* ''Cepolis musicola''
(Shuttleworth, 1854): synonym of ''
Euclastaria musicola''
(Shuttleworth, 1854) (unaccepted combination)
* ''Cepolis pemphigodes''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1847): synonym of ''
Cysticopsis pemphigodes''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1847) (superseded combination)
* ''Cepolis porcellana''
(Grateloup, 1840): synonym of ''
Laevicepolis porcellana''
(Grateloup, 1840)
* ''Cepolis trizonalis''
(Grateloup, 1840): synonym of ''
Cepolella trizonalis''
(Grateloup, 1840)
* ''Cepolis wetmorei''
Bartsch, 1932: synonym of ''
Laevicepolis porcellana''
(Grateloup, 1840)
References
* Watters G.T. (2020). Review of the Hispaniolan land snail genus Cepolis Montfort, 1810 (Gastropoda: Helicoidea: Cepolidae). Novapex. 21(1): 1-15
External links
Montfort P. enys de">Montfort P. [Denys de (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell.
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Cepolidae (gastropods)
Gastropod genera